Avaliação do risco e incidência de quedas em pacientes adultos hospitalizados

• Autor(a) principal: Pasa, Thiana Sebben
• Data de Publicação: 2017
• Outros Autores: Magnago, Tânia Solange Bosi De Souza, Urbanetto, Janete De Souza, Baratto, Mari Angela Meneghetti, Morais, Bruna Xavier, Carollo, Jéssica Baldissera
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: eng; por; spa
• Título da fonte: Revista Latino-Americana de Enfermagem (Online)
• Texto Completo: https://www.revistas.usp.br/rlae/article/view/134934
• topic: Enfermagem; Acidentes por Quedas; Segurança do Paciente; Escalas; Hospitalização; Incidência; Enfermería; Accidentes por caídas; Seguridad del Paciente; Escalas; Hospitalización; Incidencia; Nursing; Accidental Falls; Patient Safety; Scales; Hospitalization; Incidence

Objectives: assess the risk of falls in adult hospitalized patients and verify the incidence of the event in this environment. Method: cohort study, with approval by the Research Ethics Committee, which monitored 831 patients hospitalized at a university hospital. The Morse Fall Scale (MFS) was used to assess the risk and patients with high risk (≥45 points) were considered exposed to falls. Results: the mean MFS score was 39.4 (±19.4) points. Between the first and the final assessment, the score increased by 4.6%. The first assessment score presented a strong and positive correlation with the final assessment score (r=0.810; p=0.000). Conclusion: the higher the risk score for falls when the patient is admitted, the higher the score at the end of the hospitalization period and vice-versa. The incidence rate corresponded to 1.68% with a higher percentage of patients classified at high risk of falls.