Ronald I Shorr

Biographic Data

ID6072813
NAMERonald I Shorr
GIVEN NAMESRonald I
FAMILY NAMEShorr
SIGNATURESHORR R I
AFFILIATIONSUniversity of Florida
ORCID0000-0002-1457-4668
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS5
TOTAL CITATIONS0
WORKS AS AUTHOR5
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2015
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2021
H-INDEX0

  • Patient Perspectives on Hospital Falls Prevention Education

    Open AccessHazel Heng, Susan C Slade et al.ARTICLEFrontiers in Public Health2021

    Hospital falls remain an intractable problem worldwide and patient education is one approach to falls mitigation. Although educating patients can help their understanding of risks and empower them with prevention strategies, patient experiences of hospital falls education are poorly understood. This study aimed to understand the perspectives and preferences of hospitalized patients about falls prevention education. Three focus groups were conduct…

  • Tailored Education Increased Capability and Motivation for Fall Prevention in Older People After Hospitalization

    Open AccessChiara Naseri, Steven M Mcphail et al.ARTICLEFrontiers in Public Health2021

    Recently hospitalized older people are at risk of falls and face barriers to undertaking fall prevention strategies after they return home from hospital. The authors examined the effects of tailored education delivered by physiotherapists on the knowledge (capability) and the motivation of older people to engage in fall prevention after hospital discharge. Utilizing data gathered from a recent trial, data was analyzed from 390 people who were 60 …

  • Fall prevention education for older people being discharged from hospital

    Open AccessJacqueline Francis-Coad, Den‐Ching A Lee et al.ARTICLEHealth Education Journal2021

    Objective: Falls are a significant problem for many older patients after hospital discharge. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the fidelity and impact of a tailored patient fall prevention education programme from the perspective of the educators who delivered the programme. Design: Qualitative sequential design. Setting: Three rehabilitation hospitals in Western Australia. Method: Three experienced physiotherapists trained as ‘educators’…

  • Perspectives of older adults regarding barriers and enablers to engaging in fall prevention activities after hospital discharge

    Open AccessChiara Naseri, Steven Mcphail et al.ARTICLEHealth & Social Care in the…2020References: 4

    Older adults recently discharged from hospital are at high risk of functional decline and falls. A tailored fall prevention education provided at hospital discharge aimed to improve the capacity of older adults to engage in falls prevention activities. What remains unknown are the factors affecting behaviour change after hospital discharge. This study identified the perceived barriers and enablers of older adults to engagement in fall prevention …

  • Improving Identification of Fall-Related Injuries in Ambulatory Care Using Statistical Text Mining

    Stephen L Luther, James A McCart et al.ARTICLEAmerican Journal of Public Health2015References: 23

    Objectives. We determined whether statistical text mining (STM) can identify fall-related injuries in electronic health record (EHR) documents and the impact on STM models of training on documents from a single or multiple facilities. Methods. We obtained fiscal year 2007 records for Veterans Health Administration (VHA) ambulatory care clinics in the southeastern United States and Puerto Rico, resulting in a total of 26 010 documents for 1652 vet…