Thirteen articles are retrieved that focused on fall interventions in the hospital setting. An analysis is performed based on levels of evidence using an integrative review process. Multifactoral fall prevention intervention programs that inc...
For example, one study, examined in the review, found that comprehensive fall prevention programs, including patient education, vision assessments, and walking aids did not reduce the incidence of falls for patients undergoing a typical inpatient hospital stay (median of seven days). Such strategies ...
Blind Spots in Hospital Fall Prevention: Falls in Stroke Patients Occurred Not Only in Those at a High Risk of Falling Although the standard falls prevention strategy is to identify and respond to patients with high-risk conditions, it remains unclear whether falls in patie... S Inoue,Y ...
Preventing in-hospital falls is an important goal in avoiding poor patient outcomes. In this quasi-experimental study, the authors evaluated the effectiveness of a nurse-led fall prevention program in a 300-bed Swiss hospital. Four hundred and nine patients (internal medicine) were included: interv...
The present study is the first to model the cost effectiveness of an intervention for the prevention of falls in hospitals using both cost and effect data collected from a randomized controlled trial. This study also sought to measure the economic burden of an in-hospital fall and the cost of...
Falls and fall injuries in hospitals are the most frequently reported adverse event among adults in the inpatient setting. Advancing measurement and improvement around falls prevention in the hospital is important as falls are a nurse sensitive measure and nurses play a key role in this component of...
Nursing staff and patients in the medicine service (comprising 2 intervention floors and 2 control floors) at an academic hospital. Intervention. Nursing staff were educated regarding fall prevention during the period from April through December 2005. Data on implemented prevention strategies were ...
Accidental falls are very common in older hospital patients -- accounting for 32% of reported adult patient safety incidents in UK National Health Service (NHS) hospitals and occurring with similar frequency in settings internationally. In countries where the population is ageing, and care is provide...
Our findings indicate that screening of hospital patients for their risk of falling may contribute towards the prevention of fall-related injury. Falls from upright postures appear to be more likely to result in fractures than other falls in healthcare settings. Further prospective research is ...
Resident follow-up days were calculated censoring for hospital stays, discharge, and death. Rates of injurious falls, defined as those resulting in an emergency department visit, need for imaging, bruise, skin tear, or requirement for 72 hours or more of increased analgesia, were a secondary ...