Citation

Severo IM, Almeida MD, Kuchenbecker R, Vieira DF, Weschenfelder ME, Pinto LR, Klein C, Siqueira AP, Panato BP. Rev. Esc. Enferm. USP 2014; 48(3): 540-554.

Vernacular Title

Fatores de risco para quedas em pacientes adultos hospitalizados: revisão integrativa.

Affiliation

School of Nursing, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2014, Universidade de Sao Paulo)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

25076284

Abstract

OBJECTIVE: Identifying risk factors for the occurrence of falls in hospitalized adult patients.

METHOD: Integrative review carried out in the databases of LILACS, SciELO, MEDLINE and Web of Science, including articles published between 1989 and 2012.

RESULTS: Seventy-one articles were included in the final sample. Risk factors for falls presented in this review were related to patients (intrinsic), the hospital setting and the working process of health professionals, especially in nursing (extrinsic).

CONCLUSION: The systematic screening of risk factors for falls was identified as a contributing factor to the reduction of this injury, helping the non-occurrence of this event that, despite being preventable, can have serious consequences including death.


Language: en