@article{ref1,
title="Characteristics of the middle-age adult inpatient fall",
journal="Applied nursing research",
year="2016",
author="Guillaume, Donna and Crawford, Sybil and Quigley, Patricia",
volume="31",
number="",
pages="65-71",
abstract="PURPOSE: The purpose of this study is to describe characteristics of middle-age inpatients' (ages 45-64) fallers and their fall and fall injury risk factors. <br><br>BACKGROUND: Middle-age falls were 42-46% of inpatient falls. Studies related to inpatient falls have not targeted this population. <br><br>METHODS: A 439 retrospective chart review was performed. Middle-age fall and injury rates were compared with ages 21-44 and 65-90. <br><br>RESULTS: The mean age was 55.75years (SD 5.26). 28.7% (n=126) of falls resulted in injury. Individual fallers (n=386) had a mean of four comorbidities (SD 1.843), including hypertension (46.5%), anxiety/depression (40.2%), and alcohol and drug abuse (32.9%). There was no significant difference (p=.637) in fall rates per 1,000 patient days between ages 45-64 and 65-90. <br><br>CONCLUSION: Middle-age inpatients' acute illness makes them as vulnerable for fall and injury as the older population. They should not be overlooked for fall prevention measures.<br><br>Copyright © 2016 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0897-1897",
doi="10.1016/j.apnr.2016.01.003",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.apnr.2016.01.003"
}