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ArticleBMC nursing2021

Chronoprevention in hospital falls of older people: protocol for a mixed-method study.

Pablo Jesús López-Soto, Juan de la Cruz López-Carrasco, Fabio Fabbian, Rosa María Miñarro-Del Moral, Rocío Segura-Ruiz, Pedro Hidalgo-Lopezosa, Roberto Manfredini, María Aurora Rodríguez-Borrego

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Article in BMC nursing, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT04367298 (Chronoprevention in Hospital Falls of Older People), which is not on this map. Cited by 2 papers.

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Chronoprevention in Hospital Falls of Older People: A Nursing Intervention CHRONOFALLS

Typeobservational_patient_registrySponsorMaimónides Biomedical Research Institute of CórdobaRan2018 to 2022Enrolled200ConditionsAccidental FallArmsChronoprevention
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Pablo Jesús López-SotoDepartment of Nursing, Maimonides Biomedical Research Institute of Cordoba (IMIBIC), Avda. Menéndez Pidal s/n, 14004, Córdoba, Spain. pablo.lopez@imibic.org.
Juan de la Cruz López-CarrascoDepartment of Nursing, Maimonides Biomedical Research Institute of Cordoba (IMIBIC), Avda. Menéndez Pidal s/n, 14004, Córdoba, Spain.
Fabio FabbianDepartment of Nursing, Maimonides Biomedical Research Institute of Cordoba (IMIBIC), Avda. Menéndez Pidal s/n, 14004, Córdoba, Spain.
Rosa María Miñarro-Del MoralDepartment of Nursing, Maimonides Biomedical Research Institute of Cordoba (IMIBIC), Avda. Menéndez Pidal s/n, 14004, Córdoba, Spain.
Rocío Segura-RuizHospital Universitario Reina Sofía de Córdoba, Avda. Menéndez Pidal s/n, 14004, Córdoba, Spain.
Pedro Hidalgo-LopezosaDepartment of Nursing, Maimonides Biomedical Research Institute of Cordoba (IMIBIC), Avda. Menéndez Pidal s/n, 14004, Córdoba, Spain.
Roberto ManfrediniFaculty of Medicine, Pharmacy and Prevention, University of Ferrara, Via L. Ariosto 35, 44121, Ferrara, Italy.
María Aurora Rodríguez-BorregoDepartment of Nursing, Maimonides Biomedical Research Institute of Cordoba (IMIBIC), Avda. Menéndez Pidal s/n, 14004, Córdoba, Spain.

Funding

Consejería de Salud, Junta de Andalucía PI-0360-2017
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundAccidental falls in hospitals are serious events concerning the safety of the patients. Recent studies demonstrated that the time of falls is a key factor to be considered in prevention. It has been shown that the time of day, the day of the week and the month of the year impact on the occurrence of falls. The aim of the study is to determine the effect of the application of a programme of preventive measures based on the temporal patterns of the risk factors on the hospital fall occurrence.

methodsA mixed-method research design. The following three phases will be carried out: 1) Longitudinal prospective study in two parts: (a) audits and seminars of healthcare professionals focused on an effective and efficient hospital falls register. Multi-Component and Single Cosinor analyses will be performed to obtain the temporal patterns of hospital falls and their related variables and (b) implementation of a based-temporal patterns, multidimensional prevention programme. 2) Retrospective study of falls registered in institutional databases. 3) Qualitative study based on focus groups (physicians, nurses and nursing assistants). The study protocol was approved in 2018. DISCUSSION: With regard to the safety of patients, hospital falls are serious events. Recent studies have demonstrated that the time of falls is a key factor to be considered in prevention. It has been shown that the time of day, the day of the week and the month of the year impact on the occurrence of falls. It is imperative to study temporal patterns of hospital falls to effectively and comprehensively define the aetiology of falls and, therefore, design preventive strategies. A reduction of the number of in-hospital falls and related injuries is expected, as well as an improvement in the quality of life of patients. Considering temporal patterns and levels of mood and sleep of healthcare professionals will achieve an improvement in patient safety.

trial registrationRetrospectively registered in ClinicalTrials.gov ID: NCT04367298.

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Accidental fallsCircadian rhythmsNursingNursing careOlder peoplePreventionTemporal patterns

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