Fall Prevention Education Co-Designed and Evaluated with Community-Dwelling Older People Living with Dementia and Their Caregivers: A Feasibility Study
Table 2
Comparison of older people living with dementia’s awareness, confidence, opportunity, motivation, and intention for preventing falls.
Item
Yes
No
Unsurec
value
Prea/Postb
Prea/Postb
Prea/Postb
Do you think that older people living with dementia are at risk of falling over?
9/9
0/0
0/0
1.000
Do you think that you will fall over at some time?
4/5
1/3
4/1
0.194
Do you think that if an older person living at home with dementia falls over they are likely to get a serious injury?
7/6
0/0
2/3
0.655
Do you think that if you were to fall over you would be likely to get a serious injury?
5/5
1/2
3/2
0.748
Do you know what you need to do to stay safe and reduce your risk of falling?
8/6
0/0
1/3
0.157
Do you feel confident in your ability to stay safe and reduce your risk of falling?
7/8
0/0
2/1
0.564
Do you feel positive about staying safe and reducing your risk of falling?
6/8
0/0
3/1
0.317
Do you think you have every opportunity to do the things you need to do to stay safe and reduce your risk of falling?
9/6
0/1
0/2
0.102
In the next month, are you planning to do the things you need to do to stay safe and reduce your risk of falling?
8/5
0/2
1/2
0.102
Do you have a clear plan of how you will do the things you need to do to stay safe and reduce your risk of falling?
2/7
1/1
6/11.0
0.014
Notes: aPre-intervention/bPost-intervention, the term. cUnsure selected by participants in the co-design phase represents a neutral scoring that was fully acknowledged by the phase two participants.
