Patient safety: fall risk in hospital intervention units
International Journal of Development Research
Patient safety: fall risk in hospital intervention units
Received 29th December, 2017; Received in revised form 10th January, 2018; Accepted 22nd February, 2018; Published online 30th March, 2018
Copyright © 2018, Micaela Knebel Sides et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Objectives: to identify the risk of falls in hospitalized patients in open hospitalization units; to compare the risk of falls among different open hospitalization units; to classify patients regarding the risks of hospital stay. Method: cross-sectional, quantitative study using Morse Fall Scale (MFS). A total of 105 individuals participated. The data were submitted to statistical analysis with the aid of the Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS) version 18.0, presented in absolute and relative frequencies, mean and standard deviation. Results and discussions: The elderly had a mean age between 71 and 80 years old, with predominance of married, with children, retired, incomplete elementary school, Catholics and attended by the Unified Health System. There was no differentiation for risk of falls when compared to the sexes, with similar results among the six items on the scale. The total score of the sample presented moderate risk for falls. Conclusion: the results are fundamental indicators for the prevention of diseases and health promotion with higher quality in the care provided.
