Evaluation of the Complaints of Inpatients’ Falling Down Referred to Fars Province General Administration of Forensic Medicine from 2013 to 2019
Iranian Journal of Emergency Medicine,
Vol. 9 No. 1 (2022),
16 March 2022
,
Page e4
https://doi.org/10.22037/ijem.v9i1.37991
Abstract
Introduction: Falling is one of the most common events that threats physical and psychological safety in patients, as well a factor that increases duration of hospitalization and treatment costs. Unfortunately, there is a little relatively evidence of reports of factors contributing to inpatient falls or the effectiveness of hospital fall prevention programs. Therefore, this study was conducted to determine the most important factors affecting complaints of hospital beds during treatment referred to forensic medicine in Fars province during the years from 2011 to 2019.
Material & Methods: This study was a descriptive cross-sectional and retrospective study. All cases of complaining of falling out of a hospital bed during treatment referred to forensic medicine in Fars province during the years from 2011 to 2019 were reviewed and the information contained in them was collected and recorded based on the prepared checklist. After collecting the data, the information was converted into a sheet code and analyzed by SPSS software version 21 and descriptive statistical aspirations.
Results: The results of the present study showed that more falls occurred in men and in the age group over 70 years. Also, most cases of bed falls occurred in the morning shift (45.9%) witnessed falls in the majority of cases, nurses (55.7%) and (55.7%) of patients after the fall alone was not able to ask.
Conclusion: Given the high rate of falling patients’ incidence, it is essential to offer effective management strategies to provide more safety situation for patients.
- Fall
- Complain
- Hospital Bed
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