ReviewHealth SA = SA Gesondheid2020
Factors influencing patient falls in a private hospital group in the Cape Metropole of the Western Cape.
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- Health Workers' Perception on Fall Risk Prevention: A Photovoice Method.Journal of patient experience · 2024Article
- The Development and Implementation of a Model to Facilitate Self-Awareness of Professionalism for Enrolled Nurses.Journal of holistic nursing : official journal of the American Holistic Nurses' Association · 2023Article
- Incidence and clinical characteristics of fall-related injuries among older inpatients at a tertiary grade a hospital in Shandong province from 2018 to 2020.BMC geriatrics · 2022Article
- The Fall Risk Screening Scale Is Suitable for Evaluating Adult Patient Fall.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
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Abstract
backgroundThe fall rate of patients in hospitals is a worldwide concern due to the impact falls have on patients, the family or relatives, as well as the healthcare setting. Factors influencing patient falls are categorised as intrinsic and extrinsic. Intrinsic factors refers to physical conditions and the extrinsic factors include the environment of the patient, nursing staffing levels and skill mix.
aimThe study aimed to determine the factors that influence patient falls.
settingA private hospital group in the Cape Metropole of the Western Cape.
methodsA quantitative retrospective descriptive research approach was used by analysing 134 records of patients that have fallen from October 2016 to February 2018. Data was collected using a data extraction sheet and analysed using the Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS).
resultsIntrinsic factors contributing to patient falls includedthe patient's age, hypertension, co-morbidities and the use of benzodiazepines as a sedative. Extrinsic factors were the incorrect use of bed rails and the skill mix of the staff. In over half of the cases (
conclusionThe lack of accurate and consistent patient fall risk assessments, use of benzodiazepines as a sedative and the staff skill mix were contributors to the fall rate in these hospitals.
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