Knowledge, attitudes and practices of healthcare practitioners on falls prevention in Parkinson’s disease patients: a scoping review
Parkinson’s disease (PD) is a neurodegenerative disease with progressive in nature, presenting with symptoms such as gait impairments and postural instability that leads to fall with complications such as fractures, disability and mortality. Alarming demands on care by the healthcare practitioners i...
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| author | Ashari, Asmidawati Nedunsaliyan, Sankari Manoharan, Thamayanthi Naidu Tengku Abdul Hamid, Tengku Aizan |
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| description | Parkinson’s disease (PD) is a neurodegenerative disease with progressive in nature, presenting with symptoms such as gait impairments and postural instability that leads to fall with complications such as fractures, disability and mortality. Alarming demands on care by the healthcare practitioners increasing by time. However, there is no study published regarding association between knowledge, attitude and practice (KAP) of healthcare practitioners on fall prevention among PD population. Therefore, this study aims to provide a comprehensive overview of studies dealing with KAP of healthcare practitioners and fall prevention in PD. Methods: The studies published between year 2013 to February 2023 were evaluated.The search was conducted within international electronic databases. A scoping review was conducted using the Arksey and O’Malley framework. All journal articles that focused on the KAP of healthcare practitioners on fall prevention in PD patients were selected. In overall, 5 studies included in this review discussed about studies related to KAP of healthcare practitioners based on screening of result. There were no direct KAP study of healthcare practitioners on falls prevention among PD population. Conclusion: Paucity of literatures observed related to role of healthcare practitioners in falls prevention in PD population. |
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| spelling | upm-1174812025-05-27T03:20:57Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/117481/ Knowledge, attitudes and practices of healthcare practitioners on falls prevention in Parkinson’s disease patients: a scoping review Ashari, Asmidawati Nedunsaliyan, Sankari Manoharan, Thamayanthi Naidu Tengku Abdul Hamid, Tengku Aizan Parkinson’s disease (PD) is a neurodegenerative disease with progressive in nature, presenting with symptoms such as gait impairments and postural instability that leads to fall with complications such as fractures, disability and mortality. Alarming demands on care by the healthcare practitioners increasing by time. However, there is no study published regarding association between knowledge, attitude and practice (KAP) of healthcare practitioners on fall prevention among PD population. Therefore, this study aims to provide a comprehensive overview of studies dealing with KAP of healthcare practitioners and fall prevention in PD. Methods: The studies published between year 2013 to February 2023 were evaluated.The search was conducted within international electronic databases. A scoping review was conducted using the Arksey and O’Malley framework. All journal articles that focused on the KAP of healthcare practitioners on fall prevention in PD patients were selected. In overall, 5 studies included in this review discussed about studies related to KAP of healthcare practitioners based on screening of result. There were no direct KAP study of healthcare practitioners on falls prevention among PD population. Conclusion: Paucity of literatures observed related to role of healthcare practitioners in falls prevention in PD population. Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universiti Putra Malaysia. 2024 Article PeerReviewed text en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/117481/1/117481.pdf Ashari, Asmidawati and Nedunsaliyan, Sankari and Manoharan, Thamayanthi Naidu and Tengku Abdul Hamid, Tengku Aizan (2024) Knowledge, attitudes and practices of healthcare practitioners on falls prevention in Parkinson’s disease patients: a scoping review. Malaysian Journal of Medicine and Health Sciences, 20 (3). pp. 312-319. ISSN 1675-8544; eISSN: 2636-9346 https://medic.upm.edu.my/upload/dokumen/2024052917211641_MJMHS_0401.pdf |
| spellingShingle | Ashari, Asmidawati Nedunsaliyan, Sankari Manoharan, Thamayanthi Naidu Tengku Abdul Hamid, Tengku Aizan Knowledge, attitudes and practices of healthcare practitioners on falls prevention in Parkinson’s disease patients: a scoping review |
| title | Knowledge, attitudes and practices of healthcare practitioners on falls prevention in Parkinson’s disease patients: a scoping review |
| title_full | Knowledge, attitudes and practices of healthcare practitioners on falls prevention in Parkinson’s disease patients: a scoping review |
| title_fullStr | Knowledge, attitudes and practices of healthcare practitioners on falls prevention in Parkinson’s disease patients: a scoping review |
| title_full_unstemmed | Knowledge, attitudes and practices of healthcare practitioners on falls prevention in Parkinson’s disease patients: a scoping review |
| title_short | Knowledge, attitudes and practices of healthcare practitioners on falls prevention in Parkinson’s disease patients: a scoping review |
| title_sort | knowledge, attitudes and practices of healthcare practitioners on falls prevention in parkinson’s disease patients: a scoping review |
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