Effect of the fall prevention program in hospitalized patients in Surat Thani Cancer Hospital

Abstract

The objective of this research was to compare knowledge and behavior to prevent falls before and after receiving the fall prevention program in patients receiving treatment in Surat Thani Cancer Hospital. The research was experimental research (quasi-experimental design one group), measured result before and after receiving the fall prevention program. The sample group consisted of 52 cancer patients receiving treatment at general ward 2, selected as a  purposive sample. The research tools included 1) A knowledge assessment form on fall prevention 2) A fall prevention behavior assessment form for prevention program for patients receiving treatment at Surat Thani Cancer Hospital through quality testing by 3 experts with content validity index (CVI) values of  0.97, 0.88, 0.87, and 0.87 according. The reliability of measurement using the Cronbach's Alpha Coefficient formula for the knowledge assessment and fall prevention behavior assessment, the reliability values were equal to 0.86 and 0.89 according. The results of the research  found that the average score of knowledge and behavior to prevent falls both before and after receiving the fall prevention program for the sample group before the results were significantly different at  .01. After the experiment (=59.884, S.D.=3.221), the sample group had a higher average  knowledge score  than before the experiment (=47.846, S.D.=10.677).  The mean score of fall prevention behavior, it was found that before the experiment and after the experiment there was a statistical significant  difference at .01 level.