Amanda da Silveira Barbosa1,2, Enaura Helena Brandão Chaves2, Rubia Guimarães Ribeiro3, Deise Vacario de Quadros3, Lyliam Midori Suzuki3, Ana Maria Müller de Magalhães4,5. 1. Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Escola de Enfermagem. Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil. 2. Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre (HCPA), Serviço de Enfermagem Clínica (SECLIN). Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil. 3. Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre (HCPA), Serviço de Enfermagem. Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil. 4. Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Escola de Enfermagem, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Enfermagem. Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil. 5. Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre (HCPA), Gerência de Risco (GR). Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil.
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the occurrences and to characterize the falling incidents of adult patients hospitalized in clinical and surgical units of a university hospital in the southern region of the country, in the period from 2011 to 2014. METHOD: Descriptive, cross-sectional and retrospective study, carried out from December 2016 to December 2017. The sample consisted of 1112 reports, covering all hospitalized patients who were notified with falls occurring in the studied period. Data were analyzed using descriptive and analytical statistics. RESULTS: Female and elderly patients were predominant in the sample, in which 69.4% of the incidents did not present any damage. The occurrence of falls was significantly higher at night. Limitation to walking and being unaccompanied were the most prevalent factors in the patient's conditions before the fall. CONCLUSION: The fall is a multifactorial event that requires periodic evaluation of the risk factors by the team to plan their prevention.
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the occurrences and to characterize the falling incidents of adult patients hospitalized in clinical and surgical units of a university hospital in the southern region of the country, in the period from 2011 to 2014. METHOD: Descriptive, cross-sectional and retrospective study, carried out from December 2016 to December 2017. The sample consisted of 1112 reports, covering all hospitalized patients who were notified with falls occurring in the studied period. Data were analyzed using descriptive and analytical statistics. RESULTS: Female and elderly patients were predominant in the sample, in which 69.4% of the incidents did not present any damage. The occurrence of falls was significantly higher at night. Limitation to walking and being unaccompanied were the most prevalent factors in the patient's conditions before the fall. CONCLUSION: The fall is a multifactorial event that requires periodic evaluation of the risk factors by the team to plan their prevention.
Authors: Deise Vacario de Quadros; Ana Maria Müller de Magalhães; Priscila Wachs; Isis Marques Severo; Juliana Petri Tavares; Daiane Dal Pai Journal: Rev Lat Am Enfermagem Date: 2022