Evaluation of a Patient-Centered Fall-Prevention Tool Kit to Reduce Falls and Injuries: A Nonrandomized Controlled Trial.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Falls represent a leading cause of preventable injury in hospitals and a frequently reported serious adverse event. Hospitalization is associated with an increased risk for falls and serious injuries including hip fractures, subdural hematomas, or even death. Multifactorial strategies have been shown to reduce falls in acute care hospitals, but evidence for fall-related injury prevention in hospitals is lacking.

Objective

To assess whether a fall-prevention tool kit that engages patients and families in the fall-prevention process throughout hospitalization is associated with reduced falls and injurious falls.

Design, setting, and participants

This nonrandomized controlled trial using stepped wedge design was conducted between November 1, 2015, and October

SUBMITTER: Dykes PC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7672520 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature