Monitoring falls in residential aged care facilities: Agreement between falls incident reports and progress notes

• DOI: 10.1111/ajag.13276
• Publication Date: 2024-01-13T18:58:25Z
• Authors: Rik Dawson; Annie Feng; Juliana S. Oliveira; Leanne Hassett; Catherine Sherrin...; Marina B. Pinheiro
• Keywords: Incident report; Cohen's kappa; Economic shortage; Falling (accident); Fall prevention

Accurate fall reporting is essential for assessing the effectiveness of prevention strategies. This study aimed to investigate level agreement between incident reports and resident progress notes as data sources falls monitoring in residential aged care facilities.