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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Nov 4.
Published in final edited form as: Clin Nurs Res. 2015 Mar 29;24(6):567–588. doi: 10.1177/1054773815577577

Table 3.

Content Area and Questions for Telephone Interview.

Content area Questions
Current practice What do you currently do to care for residents who have had a previous fracture
What do you currently do to care for residents who have a diagnosis of osteoporosis?
What do you currently do to care for residents who are being readmitted to LTC after having been sent to hospital for a fracture?
How do you care for a resident if they have had a vertebral fracture post-fall?
→ Pain treatment plan?
Fall prevention What do you think is the most important activity to do (or is supported by the strongest evidence) to reduce falls in LTC?
Challenges What are some challenges to managing fractures to LTC residents?
→ To prevent fractures?
→ To care for after they’ve had a fracture?
→ To care for after they’ve been readmitted to LTC after having been sent to hospital for a fracture?
Suggestions for improvement What would help improve the care you provide to residents related to managing fractures in LTC?
→ To prevent fractures?
→ To care for after they’ve had a fracture?
→ To care for after they’ve been readmitted to LTC after having been sent to hospital for a fracture?

Note. LTC = long-term care.