Falls are unusual actions that cause a significant health risk among older people. The
growing percentage of people of old age requires urgent development of fall detection and …

Objective: to identify risk factors for falls in hospitalized adult patients. Methods: a matched
case-control study (one control for each case). A quantitative study conducted in clinical and …

Objective: To construct and validate an educational booklet for fall prevention in hospitals.
Methods: A methodological study developed from the construction, validation and …

Background: Clinical safety is a crucial component of healthcare quality, focused on
identifying and avoiding the risks to which patients are exposed. Among the adverse events …

Objetivo Construir e validar cartilha educativa para prevenção de quedas no hospital.
Métodos Estudo metodológico desenvolvido a partir da construção, validação e avaliação …

Older people are at a higher risk of injury or death due to falls than the general population.
As the world's population ages, new fall detection and prevention technology must be …

Objective The objective of the present study was the design and validation, by a panel of
experts, of a team intervention to manage the risk of falls in the hospitalized elderly. Method …

Objetivo: analisar os fatores associados ao risco de quedas em idosos hospitalizados.
Métodos: estudo analítico de corte transversal, realizado com 64 idosos em Hospital …

Objective: To identify the risk of falls of older adults in a hospital in the Trairi region in Rio
Grande do Norte, Brazil, and to describe the relationship between risk of falls and the …

The aim of this study was to identify in-hospital fall risk factors specific for multimorbid
hospitalized geriatric patients with dementia (PwD) during hospitalization. Geriatric …