Sara A Elnakib, Virginia Quick, Mariel Mendez, Shauna Downs, Olivia A Wackowski, Mark G Robson
Food Waste in Schools: A Pre-/Post-test Study Design Examining the Impact of a Food Service Training Intervention to Reduce Food Waste
International journal of environmental research and public health
evaluate factors associated fall protection motivation engage fall preventive behaviour among rural communitydwelling older adults aged 55 using protection motivation theory scale crosssectional study study conducted healthcare clinic malaysia using multistage random sampling november 2021 january 2022 three hundred seventyfive older adults aged 55 older included final analysis 31 items final pmt scale analysis performed within whole population grouped faller nonfaller employing ibm spss version 260 descriptive independent ttest chisquare bivariate correlation linear regressions total 375 older participants included study fallers n 82 nonfallers n 293 show statistically significant differences characteristics ethnicity assistive device users selfrating intention participation previous fall prevention programmes multiple linear regression model revealed fear coping appraisal interaction effect fear coping appraisal predicting fall protection motivation among older adults rural communities findings study demonstrated coping appraisal fear predict protection motivation older adults rural communities older adults without history falls attaining higher education better responses coping appraisal contributing reduction perceived rewards improving protection motivation conversely older adults lower education backgrounds tend higher nonpreventive behaviours leading decline fall protection motivation results contribute important information nurses working older adults inadequate health literacy rural communities especially planning designing fall prevention interventions findings would benefit nurses healthcare providers researchers academicians provide care older adults participants briefed study consent obtained required answer questionnaire interviews older individuals aged fiftyfive rural communities healthcare clinic could read write understand malay english included suffering mental health problems refused participate study excluded study personal information remained classified recorded database data entry analysis