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Risky Business: Factors That Increase Risk of Falls Among Older Adult In-Patients.
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- Novel Use of Electronic Admission Notifications for Timely Care Management of Accountable Care Organization Clients in Emergency Departments.Journal of the American Geriatrics Society · 2026Article
- What's Important Now (WIN) Fall Prevention Protocol for Geriatric Patients Following Total Hip Replacement.Cureus · 2026Article
- Factors associated with fall prevention-related health literacy practices among community-dwelling older adults in Northern Thailand: a cross-sectional study.BMC geriatrics · 2026Article
- A Family Caregiver Perspective on Fragmented Continuity of Care for an Elderly Female Patient With Upper Limb Fracture.Journal of patient experience · 2026Article
- Trends and Disparities in Fall-Related Head Injury Mortality Among Middle-Aged and Older Adults (>55 Years) in the United States: A 21-Year National Analysis (1999-2020).Brain and behavior · 2025Article
- A Clinical Audit of the Use of CT Head Scan Post-Inpatient Falls in Hospitalised Older Adults Utilising a Post-Fall Clinical Pathway.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2025Article
- Predictive Factors and the Predictive Scoring System for Falls in Acute Care Inpatients: Retrospective Cohort Study.JMIR human factors · 2025Article
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Abstract
In hospitals, older patients are at increased risk of falling multiple times. This study incorporated an epidemiologic cross-sectional design consisting of 4,348 older patients (≥65-year-old). Eight hundred eighty five (20.4%) in-patients experienced multiple falls while remaining participants had one fall incident. A patient fall event was recorded with age, sex, incident date, type of fall, and location. Logistic regression assessed risk factors found in patients with multiple falls compared to those with one fall. Significant differences were observed in the proportion of multiple falls: in a bed with no rails, standing, walking, and using a wheel/Geri chair (
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