Availability of Audiovisual Animation Education as a Means to Improve Knowledge to Avoid the Risk of Patient Falls in the Hospital

Abstract

The risk of falling is one aspect that needs to be studied in patient safety, especially for patients who are at risk of falling due to weakness or the effects of therapy. Providing education with audiovisual animation as an effort to prevent the risk of patient falls in hospitals is very necessary. The aim of this research is to determine the effectiveness of providing audiovisual animation education to increase knowledge of efforts to prevent the risk of falls in patients in hospitals. This research uses a quasi-experimental research design with a one group pretest posttest approach without a control group. The sample determination technique uses a purposive sample technique, namely by determining certain criteria. Data was collected using a questionnaire sheet, bivariate analysis using the Paired Sample T-Test with the help of SPSS. Based on the results of statistical tests, it is known that the sig. (2-tailed) of 0.000 < 0.05, meaning that H1 is accepted, it can be concluded that audiovisual animation education is effective as an effort to prevent the risk of falls in patients in hospitals. Providing audiovisual animation education is very effective in increasing knowledge about how to prevent patients who are at risk of falling, with guaranteed patient safety it will have a good impact on patient recovery. Guaranteed patient safety cannot be separated from the hospital and family's guidance in caring for patients to avoid various risks that can occur, one of which is the risk of falls in patients.