CHRONOFALLS: A multicentre nurse-led intervention in the chronoprevention of in-hospital falls in adults

Autor: Pablo Jesús López-Soto, Francisco José Rodríguez-Cortés, Rosa María Miñarro-Del Moral, María José Medina-Valverde, Rocío Segura-Ruiz, Pedro Hidalgo-Lopezosa, Roberto Manfredini, María Aurora Rodríguez-Borrego, CHRONOFALLS project collaborators
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2023
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Zdroj: BMC Nursing, Vol 22, Iss 1, Pp 1-10 (2023)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1472-6955
DOI: 10.1186/s12912-023-01322-9
Popis: Abstract Background Falls are among the most common and serious adverse events for hospitalised patients. In-hospital falls pose a major medical and economic challenge for public health worldwide. Nevertheless, the issue is often addressed without regard to certain relevant variables such as the time of the fall. The aim of this study was to determine the effect of the implementation of a nurse-led intervention based on the temporal patterns of falls and their aetiology on the occurrence of falls. Methods A mixed-method research design was carried out in three phases: a) a longitudinal prospective study (audits, chronobiological analyses and implementation of a multicentre nurse-led intervention based on temporal patterns of falls); b) a retrospective study of fall records; and c) a qualitative study based on focus groups. The protocol was published in 2021. Results A difference was observed in the number of fall records before and after the chronopreventive intervention (retrospective: 64.4% vs. 35.6%; p
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