The lived experience of older adults who fall during hospitalization

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dc.contributor.authorChung, Heather
dc.contributor.committeeChairMalecha, Ann
dc.contributor.committeeMemberMcFarlane, Judith M.
dc.contributor.committeeMemberMastel-Smith, Beth
dc.date.accessioned2018-10-22T14:44:44Z
dc.date.available2018-10-22T14:44:44Z
dc.date.issued2009-08
dc.description.abstractThis phenomenological study, using Edmund Husserl's descriptive phenomenology, explored the lived experience of older adults who experienced a fall while hospitalized with an acute illness. The topic of interest was intended to create a timeline of the antecedents and consequences of a fall in the hospital setting. Through face-to-face, audio taped interviews, which consisted of four open-ended questions and probes to facilitate discussion, 15 older adults shared their lived experience of falling. A seven-stage model was used to analyze the transcripts to uncover patterns and themes. The overarching theme was the desire for independence and patterns, which included intrinsic and extrinsic factors and sub-themes, which were bathroom related, level of awareness, emotional responses, assistance, and environment. Findings of the study and Figure 2 should increase the awareness of nurses regarding the antecedents of a fall that will then guide the development of fall and injury prevention interventions.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://twu-ir.tdl.org/handle/11274/10550
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.subjectHealth and environmental sciencesen_US
dc.subjectSocial sciencesen_US
dc.subjectEducationen_US
dc.subjectFall preventionen_US
dc.subjectFallsen_US
dc.subjectFalls in older adultsen_US
dc.subjectHospitalizationen_US
dc.subjectOlder adultsen_US
dc.subjectPatient safetyen_US
dc.subjectPhenomenologyen_US
dc.subjectQualitative fall researchen_US
dc.titleThe lived experience of older adults who fall during hospitalizationen_US
dc.typeDissertationen_US
thesis.degree.collegeCollege of Nursing
thesis.degree.disciplineNursing
thesis.degree.grantorTexas Woman's Universityen_US
thesis.degree.levelDoctoralen_US
thesis.degree.nameDoctor of Philosophyen_US

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