Findings from three methods to identify falls in hospitals: Results from the Ambient Intelligent Geriatric Management system fall prevention trial

Objective To (a) compare characteristics of patients who fall with those of patients who did not fall; and (b) characterise falls (time, injury severity and location) through three fall reporting methods (incident system reports, medical notes and clinician reports). Methods A substudy design within...

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Published in:Australasian journal on ageing 2024-03, Vol.43 (1), p.199-204
Main Authors: Visvanathan, R., Lange, K., Selvam, J., Dollard, J., Boyle, E., Jones, K., Ingram, K., Shibu, P., Wilson, A., Ranasinghe, D. C., Karnon, J., Hill, K. D
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Language:English
Subjects:
accidental falls
Aged
aged 80 and over
Australia
Hospitalization
Hospitals
Humans
inpatients
patient safety
Risk Management
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Summary:Objective To (a) compare characteristics of patients who fall with those of patients who did not fall; and (b) characterise falls (time, injury severity and location) through three fall reporting methods (incident system reports, medical notes and clinician reports). Methods A substudy design within a stepped‐wedge clinical trial was used: 3239 trial participants were recruited from two inpatient Geriatric Evaluation and Management Units and one general medicine ward in two Australian states. To compare the characteristics of patients who had fallen with those who had not, descriptive tests were used. To characterise falls through three reporting methods, bivariate logistic regressions were used. Results Patients who had fallen were more likely than patients who had not fallen to be cognitively impaired (51% vs. 29%, p 
ISSN:1440-6381
1741-6612
DOI:10.1111/ajag.13245