Fall risk assessment tools
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| Data de Publicação: | 2014 |
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Resumo: | Background: Accidental falls remain the most reported incidents in hospital settings. This is a quality and safety issue for the patient which needs to be addressed by the hospital organisation. Nurses need to assess the risk of falling using scales. However, nurses are sometimes unsure of what is the most appropriate tool. Objective: To provide information on the two most commonly used scales for assessing the risk of falling, i.e., the St Thomas’s Risk Assessment Tool in Falling Elderly Inpatients (STRATIFY) and the Morse Fall Scale (MFS). Main topics for analysis: The fall risk assessment tools which were the subject of more systematic reviews and prospective validation in two or more cohorts, with appropriate tests to predict their validity, were analysed. The review concluded that both scales identify patients who are at risk of falling based on their intrinsic or clinical characteristics. Conclusion: Hospitals should use scales which have already been developed and tested for data comparison. These scales should be culturally and linguistically adapted, and validated for the Portuguese language. |
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Fall risk assessment toolsEscalas de avaliação de risco de quedasAccidental fallsHospital servicesAdultScalesAcidentes por quedasServiços hospitalaresAdultoEscalasBackground: Accidental falls remain the most reported incidents in hospital settings. This is a quality and safety issue for the patient which needs to be addressed by the hospital organisation. Nurses need to assess the risk of falling using scales. However, nurses are sometimes unsure of what is the most appropriate tool. Objective: To provide information on the two most commonly used scales for assessing the risk of falling, i.e., the St Thomas’s Risk Assessment Tool in Falling Elderly Inpatients (STRATIFY) and the Morse Fall Scale (MFS). Main topics for analysis: The fall risk assessment tools which were the subject of more systematic reviews and prospective validation in two or more cohorts, with appropriate tests to predict their validity, were analysed. The review concluded that both scales identify patients who are at risk of falling based on their intrinsic or clinical characteristics. Conclusion: Hospitals should use scales which have already been developed and tested for data comparison. These scales should be culturally and linguistically adapted, and validated for the Portuguese language.Enquadramento: Os acidentes por quedas do doente continuam a ser os mais relatados dos incidentes a nível hospitalar. É um problema de qualidade e segurança do doente que a organização hospitalar deve ter em consideração. Os enfermeiros necessitam de avaliar o risco de queda e esta avaliação deve basear-se na utilização de escalas, mas os enfermeiros por vezes desconhecem qual o instrumento apropriado que devem utilizar. Objetivo: Proporcionar informação sobre duas das escalas de avaliação do risco de quedas mais utilizadas, a St Thomas’s Risk Assessment Tool in Falling Elderly Inpatients (STRATIFY) e a Morse Fall Scale (MFS). Principais tópicos em análise: Efetuou-se uma análise dos instrumentos de avaliação do risco de queda, que foram alvo de maior número de revisões sistemáticas e que foram submetidas a validação prospetiva em dois ou mais coortes, com testes apropriados de predição da validade. Os resultados da pesquisa permitem concluir que ambas as escalas identificam as pessoas que têm risco de queda em função das suas características intrínsecas ou clínicas. Conclusão: Os hospitais devem utilizar instrumentos já desenvolvidos e testados, como forma de comparar os seus dados, e estes devem ser submetidos a processos de adaptação cultural e linguística e de validação para a língua Portuguesa.Veritati - Repositório Institucional da Universidade Católica PortuguesaCosta-Dias, MariaFerreira, Pedro2021-09-15T13:20:17Z2014-06-302014-06-30T00:00:00Zinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/10400.14/34882eng0874-028310.12707/riii12145info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessreponame:Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)instname:Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãoinstacron:RCAAP2023-07-12T17:40:24Zoai:repositorio.ucp.pt:10400.14/34882Portal AgregadorONGhttps://www.rcaap.pt/oai/openaireopendoar:71602024-03-19T18:28:17.191409Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos) - Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãofalse |
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Costa-Dias, Maria |
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Costa-Dias, Maria Ferreira, Pedro |
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Costa-Dias, Maria Ferreira, Pedro |
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Accidental falls Hospital services Adult Scales Acidentes por quedas Serviços hospitalares Adulto Escalas |
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Accidental falls Hospital services Adult Scales Acidentes por quedas Serviços hospitalares Adulto Escalas |
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Background: Accidental falls remain the most reported incidents in hospital settings. This is a quality and safety issue for the patient which needs to be addressed by the hospital organisation. Nurses need to assess the risk of falling using scales. However, nurses are sometimes unsure of what is the most appropriate tool. Objective: To provide information on the two most commonly used scales for assessing the risk of falling, i.e., the St Thomas’s Risk Assessment Tool in Falling Elderly Inpatients (STRATIFY) and the Morse Fall Scale (MFS). Main topics for analysis: The fall risk assessment tools which were the subject of more systematic reviews and prospective validation in two or more cohorts, with appropriate tests to predict their validity, were analysed. The review concluded that both scales identify patients who are at risk of falling based on their intrinsic or clinical characteristics. Conclusion: Hospitals should use scales which have already been developed and tested for data comparison. These scales should be culturally and linguistically adapted, and validated for the Portuguese language. |
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