Incidence and risk factors of falls and fall-related injuries at the medical and surgical wards of the Philippine General Hospital / (Record no. 11)

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Personal name Javier, Juanito S.
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Title Incidence and risk factors of falls and fall-related injuries at the medical and surgical wards of the Philippine General Hospital /
Statement of responsibility, etc. Juanito S. Javier [and five others]
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Summary, etc. OBJECTIVE: There is no published local data available on falls and fall-related injuries among hospitalized patients. This study aims to determine the incidence of falls, fall-related injuries and related risk factors at the surgical and medical wards of a tertiary government hospital in the Philippines.<br/><br/><br/>METHODS: This is a cross-sectional study using consecutive sampling of patients admitted to the medical and surgical wards of a tertiary government hospital from May 2014 to April 2015. Data collection included the patients' demographic data, diagnosis, medications, details on the fall, consequence of the fall, and risk factors for the fall.<br/><br/><br/>RESULTS: During the one-year period, 25,849 patients were admitted to the medical and surgical wards and only six patients, representing 0.02%, were reported to have sustained a fall. No major injury occurred. The patients had varied neurologic and/or musculoskeletal disorders. Two patients fell from a wheelchair, while one fell from a bedside chair. One patient fell from the bed and one slipped on the floor. All patients had watchers/witnesses at the time of the fall.<br/><br/><br/>CONCLUSION: The incidence of falls and fall-related injuries is low in a local tertiary government hospital. No serious injury resulted from the falls. Prevailing practices, local cultural expectations and under reporting may have affected the relatively low incidence rates of patient falls reported in this study.
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Linking entry complexity note In: Acta Medica Philippina, 2016 vol. 50 (4) pages 313-317.
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Topical term or geographic name entry element Accidental Falls
General subdivision Incidence
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Source of heading or term MeSH
Topical term or geographic name entry element Risk Factors
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Source of heading or term MeSH
Topical term or geographic name entry element Accidents
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Source of heading or term MeSH
Topical term or geographic name entry element Hospitals
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Uncontrolled term Falls
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Personal name Muñoz, Cynthia Ang
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Personal name Abad, Lorna R.
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Personal name Campo, Mildred B.
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Personal name Caro, Ruzanne M.
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Personal name Rafael, Evangeline E.
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Main entry heading Acta Medica Philippina,
Edition 2016
Qualifying information 50 (4)
Place, publisher, and date of publication 313-317
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