Risk stratification for early and late falls in acute care settings.

ABSTRACT:

Background and aims

Falling generally injures patients, lengthens hospital stays and leads to the wastage of financial and medical resources. Although falls can occur at any stage after hospital admission, there are no studies that characterise falls with length of hospital stay in acute care settings. This study aims to clarify risk stratification of early and late falls in acute care settings.

Methods

A retrospective cohort study was conducted for participants who were admitted to a teaching hospital in Japan. Patients' falls were divided into two groups based on the median of the fall date (day 10). Considering a 70/30 split, the logistic regression model was used to extract independent predictors for early and late falls for nine risk variables based on exploratory analy

SUBMITTER: Satoh M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10078671 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature