ReviewHCA healthcare journal of medicine2024
Inpatient Falls: Epidemiology, Risk Assessment, and Prevention Measures. A Narrative Review.
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- Digital Healthcare Approaches for Fall Detection and Prediction in Older Adults: A Systematic Review of Evidence from Hospital and Long-Term Care Settings.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2025Pooled it
- Association between early in-hospital physiological and functional changes and fall risk in older adults: a retrospective multicenter cohort study.European geriatric medicine · 2026Article
- Fractures After Inpatient Falls in a Tertiary Rehabilitation Hospital: Associated Factors, Performance of Fall-Risk Scores, and Orthopaedic Outcomes.Journal of clinical medicine · 2026Article
- Mechanistic Pathways Linking Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus, Hypertension, and Osteoarthritis to Falls in Older Adults: A Scoping Review.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Review
- Nursing-Led Interventions for Preventing Falls in Hospitalized Patients: A Systematic Literature Review.Nursing reports (Pavia, Italy) · 2026Review
- Factors associated with fall prevention-related health literacy practices among community-dwelling older adults in Northern Thailand: a cross-sectional study.BMC geriatrics · 2026Article
- The Effectiveness of Personalized Robot-Assisted Rehabilitation on Fall Risk: A Retrospective Controlled Study with a 6-Month Follow-Up.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Delirium and in-hospital falls in older adults: factors associated with fall occurrence and number of falls.European geriatric medicine · 2026Article
- Investigating the Implementation and Impact of AI-Assisted Fall Prevention in Hospitals: Protocol for a Multicenter, Multimethod Observational Study in Sweden (SAFE).JMIR research protocols · 2026Observational
- Risk-Adjusted Inpatient Falls as Indicators of Health System Performance During the COVID-19 Pandemic.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- A five-year retrospective study of patient falls in a tertiary hospital: frequency, characteristics, and contributing factors.BMC health services research · 2026Article
- Beyond patient education: fall prevention knowledge, health literacy, and implementation gaps in Chinese hospitals-a patient-caregiver study.Frontiers in public health · 2026Article
- Perspectives on Fall Prevention Among Older Patients and Healthcare Providers in UAE Hospitals: A Qualitative Study.Clinical interventions in aging · 2026Article
- Perceived knowledge and attitudes toward fall prevention among nurses and healthcare assistants: a Cross-Sectional survey study.Annals of medicine · 2025Article
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- Costs Attributable to Falls Based on Diagnosis-Related Groups (DRGs) Analysis of Hospitalised Patients: A Case-Control Study.Nursing reports (Pavia, Italy) · 2025Article
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Abstract
Background Patient falls are a common inpatient dilemma and comprise the largest category of preventable adverse events in hospitalized patients. These events place a clinical burden on the patient, such as increased morbidity and reduced quality of life, in addition to an economic burden on the hospital system. Fall prevention strategies have the opportunity to decrease inpatient health care costs and length of stay. Several risk factors have been identified that contribute to inpatient falls and several strategies have been identified to minimize this risk. These risk factors are typically characterized as intrinsic and extrinsic factors. Intrinsic factors include characteristics such as age, gender, impaired mobility, and physiological factors (eg, co-morbidities, low muscular strength, visual impairment, poor reaction time, and movement disorders). Extrinsic factors are related to characteristics in the environment, such as slippery surfaces, footwear, bad lighting, and the influence of medications. Risk assessment tools, such as the Hendrich II Fall Risk Model, Morse Fall Scale, and STRATIFY, were developed to help identify those at risk. In utilizing these models and our understanding of predisposing risk factors, prevention strategies may be utilized to mitigate these risks. These strategies are often generalized actions including patient education; however, targeted interventions (ie, patient education) also improve outcomes by interrogating specific risk factors.
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