Author:
Donoghue Judith,Graham Jennifer,Gibbs Julie,Mitten-Lewis Suzanne
Abstract
Falls are a significant burden on the Australian healthcare budget and can result in loss of personal independence,injury or death. A sustained high rate of inpatient falls at St George Hospital has made it imperative for nurses toidentify those patients at highest risk in order to implement preventive interventions. Ninety-one inpatients fell over aten-week period, with a total of 118 falls. Our study examined the prevalence of 'intrinsic high risk' characteristicsidentified in the literature in people who fell during hospitalisation. These results will be reported elsewhere. Extrinsicenvironmental factors contributing to falls were also identified, including time of fall, activity at time of fall and location of fall. This paper describes and discusses the study findings related to extrinsic risk factors.
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