Observational studyClinical interventions in aging2016
Geriatric falls in the context of a hospital fall prevention program: delirium, low body mass index, and other risk factors.
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- A novel multistep approach to standardize the reported risk factors for in-hospital falls: a proof-of-concept study.Frontiers in public health · 2024Pooled it
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- Delirium and in-hospital falls in older adults: factors associated with fall occurrence and number of falls.European geriatric medicine · 2026Article
- Development and Validation of a Dynamic Online Nomogram for Predicting Inpatient Fall Risk: A Cohort Study.Journal of multidisciplinary healthcare · 2025Article
- The Administration of Lemborexant at Admission is Not Associated with Inpatient Falls: A Multicenter Retrospective Observational Study.International journal of general medicine · 2024Article
- Validation of the Saga Fall Injury Risk Model.International journal of medical sciences · 2024Observational
- Timed Up and Go test score and factors associated with a moderate-to-high risk of future falls in patients scheduled for vascular surgeries-a cross-sectional study.Frontiers in public health · 2024Article
- Barriers to delirium screening and management during hospital admission: a qualitative analysis of inpatient nursing perspectives.BMC health services research · 2023Article
- Neuropsychiatric Symptoms as Indicators of Fall Risk in Geriatric Inpatients.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2023Article
- Falls leading to fracture and nutrition among older adults: a case-control study.Journal of health, population, and nutrition · 2023Article
- Impact of rehabilitation dose on body mass index change in older acute patients with stroke: a retrospective observational study.Frontiers in nutrition · 2023Article
- Falls at the Geriatric Hospital Ward in the Context of Risk Factors of Falling Detected in a Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Which factors influence the prevalence of institution-acquired falls? Results from an international, multi-center, cross-sectional survey.Journal of nursing scholarship : an official publication of Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing · 2022Article
- Incidence, predictors and health outcomes of delirium in very old hospitalized patients: a prospective cohort study.BMC geriatrics · 2022Article
- Incidence, Associated Factors, and Outcome of Delirium among Patients Admitted to ICUs in Oman.Critical care research and practice · 2022Article
- Anticholinergic Drug Use on Admission and the Risk of In-Hospital Falls in Older Hospitalized Patients.Clinical interventions in aging · 2022Article
- Home hospital as a disposition for older adults from the emergency department: Benefits and opportunities.Journal of the American College of Emergency Physicians open · 2021Article
- Association between body mass index and fragility fracture in postmenopausal women: a cross-sectional study using Korean National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey 2008-2009 (KNHANES IV).BMC women's health · 2021Article
- Root cause analysis of fall-related hospitalisations among residents of aged care services.Aging clinical and experimental research · 2020Article
- Health, Functional and Nutritional Determinants of Falls Experienced in the Previous Year-A Cross-Sectional Study in a Geriatric Ward.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020Article
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Abstract
backgroundInpatient geriatric falls are a frequent complication of hospital care that results in significant morbidity and mortality.
objectiveEvaluate factors associated with falls in geriatric inpatients after implementation of the fall prevention program.
methodsProspective observational study comprised of 788 consecutive patients aged 79.5±7.6 years ( [Formula: see text] ± standard deviation) (66% women and 34% men) admitted to the subacute geriatric ward. Comprehensive geriatric assessment (including Mini-Mental State Examination, Barthel Index of Activities of Daily Living, and modified Get-up and Go Test) was performed. Confusion Assessment Method was used for diagnosis of delirium. Patients were categorized into low, moderate, or high fall risk groups after clinical and functional assessment.
resultsAbout 15.9%, 21.1%, and 63.1% of participants were classified into low, moderate, and high fall risk groups, respectively. Twenty-seven falls were recorded in 26 patients. Increased fall probability was associated with age ≥76 years (
conclusionDelirium, history of falls, and advanced age seem to be the primary risk factors for geriatric falls in the context of a hospital fall prevention program. Higher BMI appears to be associated with protection against inpatient geriatric falls.
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