From: Falls prevention at GP practices: a description of daily practice
Reason for not providing fall preventive care | All male patients | All female patients | Male patients with FH and/or FOF | Female patients with FH and/or FOF |
---|---|---|---|---|
1. No high fall risk | 157 | 242 | 15 | 38 |
2. Both agree on high fall risk, but patient beliefs treatment is too intense/too much of a hassle | 63 | 153 | 49 | 121 |
3. GP diagnoses high risk but patient does not acknowledge this | 48 | 77 | 23 | 41 |
4. GP forgot/had no time to discuss fall prevention with the patient | 10 | 37 | 4 | 25 |
5. GP explained that diagnosis of the high fall risk still ongoing | 14 | 21 | 2 | 2 |
6. Patient was too sick/weak for treatment according to GP | 14 | 19 | 8 | 10 |
7. Patient was in or going to a hospital/health care facility/rehabilitation center and therefore will receive care from other health care professionals | 12 | 16 | 9 | 12 |
8. Patient has or had already received fall preventive care | 9 | 17 | 7 | 14 |
9. Patient has other health issues with higher priority | 6 | 14 | 4 | 5 |
10. Patient is barely/not mobile and therefore treatment is not necessary/possible | 5 | 12 | 0 | 6 |
11. Patient has dementia | 5 | 11 | 3 | 8 |
12. Treatment costs are too high | 5 | 6 | 4 | 4 |
13. Othera | 16 | 32 | 12 | 23 |
14. Unclear | 15 | 22 | 5 | 15 |