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Characteristics of the Fall-Prone Patient
Abstract
Interviews, observational data, and quantitative data on physical condition were collected on 100 hospitalized patients at the time of a fall and compared with data from 100 randomly selected patients who had not fallen. Those who had fallen were more likely to have had a previous fall, presence of a secondary diagnosis, intravenous therapy, impaired gait, used walking aids, and have a poor mental status. Correctly classified by these variables were 80.5% of the patients. Examination of the falls and the false negative group revealed three types of patient falls: physiological anticipated, physiological unanticipated, and accidental falls. Appropriate preventive strategies for each type of fall are suggested.
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- Authors
- Morse, J. M., Tylko, S. J., & Dixon, H. A.
- Venue
- The Gerontologist
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press (OUP)
- Published
- 1987-08-01
- Volume
- 27
- Issue
- 4
- Pages
- 516-522
- ISSN
- 0016-9013 (ISSN-L)
- 1758-5341
- OpenAlex
- W1974474408
- Cited by
- 163
- References
- 0
- FWCI
- 16.06
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
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