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- Title
Percepção de enfermeiros sobre as 3S - Smart Safe Shoes: meias para prevenção de quedas.
- Authors
Pereira da Silva Martins, Maria Manuela Ferreira; Pimenta Lopes Ribeiro, Olga Maria; Maria Rodrigues, Cecília; Vilaça de Brito Santos, Célia Samarina; Pereira Gomes, Bárbara; Almeida Ventura da Silva, João Miguel
- Abstract
Objective: to analyse nurse's perception about 3S - Smart Safe Shoes use in their prototype phase and describe their evaluation about this use by hospitalized elderly patients. Method: exploratory, descriptive and mixed study, between November 2021 and March 2022. It included hospitalized elderly people who were able to walk and identified as being at risk of falling; and specialist nurses. Quantitative data were analyzed using descriptive statistics and qualitative data using thematic analysis. Results: 28 seniors and seven nurses participated, both agreed that the 3S - Smart Safe Shoes are comfortable. The nurses consider that the socks adapt perfectly to the different anatomical regions of the foot and that they have non-slip properties on the tested floors; and in most situations, they allow good mobility of the fingers, in all tibiotarsal movements (86%). All nurses highlight the ease of putting on stockings and consider that these should be included as an element in a fall prevention strategy. Conclusion: 3S - Smart Safe Shoes have the necessary characteristics to guarantee a safe gait in hospitalized elderly patients and their use should be considered in other contexts.
- Subjects
NURSES' attitudes; OLDER patients; OLDER people; HOSPITAL patients; ACCIDENTAL fall prevention; MEDICAL quality control; THEMATIC analysis
- Publication
Journal Health NPEPS, 2023, Vol 8, Issue 1, p1
- ISSN
2526-1010
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.30681/2526101010898