Characteristic and Circumstances of Patient Fall in a Hospital Setting: A Retrospective Analysis
| Main Authors: | Azlina D, Florence S, Noraisyah T |
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| Format: | Proceeding poster Journal |
| Bahasa: | eng |
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, 2020
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| Online Access: |
https://zenodo.org/record/4009886 |
Daftar Isi:
- Introduction Prevention of falling accidents in the hospital setting becomes crucial for the safety of patients and public health issues [1, 2]. Unfortunately, there is only a few evidence reported problems that contributed by unexpected circumstances and mechanism to fall accident in the hospital. Objectives I. To identify the epidemiology of hospital-related falls, including characteristics, conditions, contributing factors, departmental and fall-related injuries. II.To determine the relationship between the department and the location of the fall accident. Methodology This retrospective descriptive study. Data of fall accidents medical report and review of adverse event reports, from January to December 2018 in HPSF. Data analysed using SPSS. Results The average age of patients who fell was 49.6 (range 1 to 98) with impaired mobility. The result demonstrated that patients who tried to perform unassisted tasks, especially elimination-related activities, reported for a large proportion of inpatient fall injuries. Ambulating for elimination was increased the risk of suffering a fall related injury. Another interesting finding was that the number of fall injuries in the medical department was relatively high, at 17(50%). The result showed that the department was associated with the location of fall accidents (P< 0.019). Discussion This finding suggest that the fall risk factors commonly associated with age and falling (impaired mobility) that are present in patient population regardless of age. Patients attempting to perform activities unassisted, especially elimination related activities, accounted for a large proportion of inpatient fall accidents. We also found that ambulating for elimination was increased the risk of suffering a fall related injury. Conclusion All accidents in the hospital affect young, as well as elder patients, often occur during ambulation unassisted, and during elimination-related activities. Majority of fall rate, no injury, but it's all of organization responsibility to prevent and reduce of fall rates.