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| Predictors of bath grab-bar use among community-living older adults | | Author(s) | Nancy Edwards, Donna Lockett, Faranak Aminzadeh |
| Journal title | Canadian Journal on Aging, vol 22, no 2, Summer 2003 |
| Pages | pp 217-228 |
| Keywords | Grab rails ; Baths ; Safety devices ; Usage [services] ; Accident prevention ; Living in the community ; Correlation ; Canada. |
| Annotation | Bathrooms are a common location for older people to fall. Bath grab-bars can assist in promoting safe bath transfers. This study in two Canadian regions identifies predictors of 550 community-living older people's bathroom safety device use. Of these, 478 regularly used grab-bars when getting into the bath. Significant predictors of grab-bar use were bathing difficulties, ease of grab-bar use, living in buildings with policies supporting universal access to grab-bars, having a history of falls, and reporting low psychosocial consequences of grab-bar use. The importance of promoting access as a key strategy for increasing use as part of a falls prevention strategy is emphasised. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-030829211 A |
| Classmark | MI: YHB: OT: QLD: OQ: K4: 49: 7S |
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