Assessment of risk and incidence of falls in neurosurgical inpatients

Revista Latino-Americana de Enfermagem

Solange Diccini²  Priscila Gomes De Pinho¹  Fabiana Oliveira Da Silva¹ 

[1] ,Federal University of São Paulo,Brazil

关键词: accidental falls;    nursing;    epidemiology;    neurosurgery;    accidentes por caídas;    enfermería;    epidemiología;    neurocirugía;    acidentes por quedas;    enfermagem;    epidemiologia;    neurocirurgia;   

DOI  :  10.1590/S0104-11692008000400016

来源: SciELO

【 摘 要 】

Neurosurgical patients may present motor, sensitive and balance impairment and increased risk of falling. The aim of this study was to evaluate the fall-related risk factors and the incidence of falls in the pre and post-operative period of neurosurgical patients. A prospective cohort study with a research population of patients undergoing elective neurosurgical procedures. Ninety-seven patients took part in the study. Eight (8.2%) have presented falls with a total of 12 falls (12.4%). In two falls (16.7%), bed side rails were down, whereas in six falls (50%), beds had no rails at all. There was no difference among fall-related risk factors during pre and the post-operative periods. We have concluded that most falls could have been prevented through an improvement in the hospital internal structure and with the introduction of a falls prevention program.

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