TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2023//
TI  - Risky business: factors that increase risk of falls among older adult in-patients
JO  - Gerontology and geriatric medicine
A1  - Hodgson, Gracie
A1  - Pace, Alex
A1  - Carfagnini, Quinten
A1  - Ayanso, Anteneh
A1  - Gardner, Pauli
A1  - Narushima, Miya
A1  - Ismail, Zeau
A1  - Faught, Brent E.
SP  - e23337214231189930
EP  - e23337214231189930
VL  - 9
IS  - 
N2  - In hospitals, older patients are at increased risk of falling multiple times. This study incorporated an epidemiologic cross-sectional design consisting of 4,348 older patients (≥65-year-old). Eight hundred eighty five (20.4%) in-patients experienced multiple falls while remaining participants had one fall incident. A patient fall event was recorded with age, sex, incident date, type of fall, and location. Logistic regression assessed risk factors found in patients with multiple falls compared to those with one fall. Significant differences were observed in the proportion of multiple falls: in a bed with no rails, standing, walking, and using a wheel/Geri chair (p < .05). Overall, sex, type of fall, and location were significant in predicting multiple falls (p < .05). Male patients were at 16.1% greater risk of multiple falls, when compared to females (p < .05). A fall in complex care, mental health, or respirology were more likely to experience multiple falls (OR = 2.659, 3.620, 1.593 respectively), while season had no impact.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 2333-7214
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/23337214231189930
ID  - ref1
ER  -