Accuracy of self-perceived risk of falls among hospitalised adults in China: an observational study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To evaluate the accuracy of self-perceived risk of falls in hospitalised adults and explore factors associated with the differences.

Design

Cross-sectional study.

Setting

We conducted the study in two tertiary general hospitals located in Zhejiang province and Shandong province in China.

Participants

339 patients were recruited using convenient sampling. The majority of them were men (54%), aged 61-70 (40.1%) and had received secondary school education or lower (82%).

Outcome measures

The Fall Risk Perception Questionnaire and the Morse Fall Scale (MFS) were used to measure patients' self-perceived risk of falls and nurses' assessment. Other risk factors of falls were assessed to identify the determinants of disparities.

Results

Most pat

SUBMITTER: Bao G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9791387 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature