Evaluation of the safety of hospitalized older adults as for the risk of falls.
作者信息
Sarges Nathalia de Araújo, Santos Maria Izabel Penha de Oliveira, Chaves Emanuele Cordeiro
机构信息
Universidade do Estado do Pará, Master's in Nursing. Belém, Pará, Brazil.
Universidade do Estado do Pará, Teaching, Research and Extension Group about Aging and Health of Older Adults from Amazônia. Belém, Pará, Brazil.
出版信息
Rev Bras Enferm. 2017 Jul-Aug;70(4):860-867. doi: 10.1590/0034-7167-2017-0098.
OBJECTIVE
To evaluate the safety of hospitalized older adults as for the risk of falls according to the parameters of the Morse Fall Scale.
METHOD
Epidemiological, cross-sectional, prospective and descriptive study with n=75.
RESULTS
Average age of 71.3 years (SD±8.2); 58.7% male; 44% with low educational level; 38.7% hospitalized for cardiovascular diseases; average hospitalization of 10 days (SD±9.38); 78.7% with comorbidities; 61.3% with the calf circumference ≥ 31 cm; 62.7% were former smokers for more than 10 years; 65% did not drink alcohol; 100% did not have identification bracelet; 22.7% had similar names in the infirmary; 48% took up to five medicines; and 93.3% received some invasive procedure, especially the vessel puncture (65.3%). There was a high risk of falls in 52% of older adults.
CONCLUSION
The results pointed to imminent risk of breach of patient safety, emphasizing the need for implementation of protocols and predictive scales such as the Morse scale.
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