Latent profiles and the influencing factors of knowledge,attitude and practice of fall prevention in elderly patients with cerebral infarction
SHI Tingting
FAN Yeping
MOU Beibei
Abstract：Objective To explore latent profiles and their influencing factors of knowledge,attitude and practice(KAP)of fall prevention in elderly patients with cerebral infarction.Methods Totally 231 elderly patients with cerebral infarction treated in department of neurology of affiliated hospital of Binzhou medical college between January 2022 and June 2023 were selected,and surveyed using a general information questionnaire,perceived social support scale,hospital anxiety depression scale,and Chinese version of activities of daily living scale and elderly inpatients'participation in fall prevention of knowledge,attitude and practice scale.The latent profiles of KAP were analyzed through Mplus 8.3 software.Results The score of KAP was(96.48±23.15)points.By potential profile analysis,elderly cerebral infarction patients were divided into low KAP type(9.96％),low knowledge KAP type(13.85％),medium KAP type(67.97％)and high KAP type(8.22％).The multivariate logistic regression showed that age,educational level,perceptive social support,anxiety,depression and disability were significant factors affecting fall prevention KAP in elderly patients with cerebral infarction.Conclusion The level of fall prevention KAP in elderly patients with cerebral infarction are low,which are affected by age,education level,perceived social support,anxiety,depression and disability degree.Their corresponding health education should be tailored to different categories of fall prevention KAP among elderly CI patients.
Keywords：Latent profileCerebral infarctionElderly patientFall preventionKnowledgeattitude and practice
Publication Date：2024-09-28
Online Publishing Date：2025-08-15(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：7( 541-547 )