Falls and related injuries are increasingly being recognized as a nursing-sensitive quality
indicator, and they continue to be an unsolved patient safety problem in inpatient and …

Background Falls are a serious problem for hospitalized patients, reducing the duration and
quality of life. It is estimated that over 84% of all adverse events in hospitalized patients are …

The majority of hospital beds in the developed nations are occupied by older people, many
of whom have been admitted because of mobility problems, falls, or injury from falls. 1 With …

Background: Anticoagulation is often avoided in patients with atrial fibrillation who are at an
increased risk of falling. Objectives: This study assessed the relative efficacy and safety of …

Introducción: Las caídas, son el cuarto síndrome geriátrico con mayor prevalencia,
incrementan la morbilidad y la mortalidad, disminuyen la funcionalidad, y aumentan …

Title. Evaluation of three fall‐risk assessment tools in an acute care setting Aim. This paper
is a report of a study to evaluate the validity of three fall‐risk assessment tools to identify …

Background Falls are the leading cause of traumatic mortality in geriatric adults. Despite
recent multispecialty guideline recommendations that advocate for proactive fall prevention …

A população mundial vem envelhecendo de forma abrupta, o que representa um grande
desafio para os órgãos competentes que, por sua vez, necessitam de novas políticas …

Background: STRATIFY is a prediction tool developed for use in for hospital inpatients, using
a 0–5 score to predict patients who will fall. It has been widely used as part of hospital fall …

Introduction. Fall risk screening tools are frequently used as a part of falls prevention
programs in hospitals. Design-related bias in evaluations of tool predictive accuracy could …