Citation

Capone LJ, Albert NM, Bena JF, Tang AS. J. Nurs. Care Qual. 2013; 28(1): 52-59.

Affiliation

Neurological Institute (Ms Capone), Nursing Research and Innovation, Nursing Institute (Dr Albert), Department of Quantitative Health Sciences (Mr Bena and Ms Tang), Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2013, Lippincott Williams and Wilkins)

DOI

10.1097/NCQ.0b013e3182679056

PMID

22864507

Abstract

Characteristics of adults hospitalized with and without cancer were compared to determine factors of serious injuries after fall events. More patients with cancer who had a serious injury received corticosteroids (P = .005) and were treated on a palliative care floor. More patients without cancer had higher prevalence of stroke (P = .026) and diabetes (P = .041) history and were treated on a surgical floor. Future research is needed to identify interventions that could prevent serious injuries after fall events.

Language: en