@article{ref1,
title="Inpatient fall prevention from the patient's perspective: a qualitative study",
journal="Applied nursing research",
year="2018",
author="Radecki, Bethany and Reynolds, Staci and Kara, Areeba",
volume="43",
number="",
pages="114-119",
abstract="AIM: The aim of this study was to describe the patient's perspective of fall prevention in an acute care setting to aid in the design of patient centered strategies. <br><br>BACKGROUND: Falls are one of the most common adverse events in hospitals and can lead to preventable patient harm, increased length of stay, and increased healthcare costs. There is a need to understand fall risk and prevention from the patients' perspectives; however, research in this area is limited. <br><br>METHODS: To understand the patient perspective, semi-structured interviews were conducted with twelve patients at an academic healthcare center. <br><br>RESULTS: Qualitative analysis revealed three major themes: (1) how I see myself, (2) how I see the interventions; and (3) how I see us. The theme &quot;How I see myself&quot; describes patients' beliefs of their own fall risk and includes the sub-themes of awareness, acceptance/rejection, implications, emotions, and personal plan. Interventions, such as fall alarms, are illustrated in the theme &quot;How I see the interventions&quot; and includes the subthemes what I see and hear and usefulness of equipment. Finally, &quot;How I see us&quot; describes barriers to participating in the fall prevention plan. <br><br>CONCLUSIONS: Most fall prevention programs favor clinician-led plan development and implementation. Patient fall assessments needs to shift from being clinician-centric to patient-centric. Nurses must develop relationships with patients to facilitate understanding of their needs. Developing these truly patient-centered programs may reduce the over-reliance on bed alarms and allow for implementation of strategies aimed to mitigate modifiable risk factors leading to falls.<br><br>Copyright © 2018 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0897-1897",
doi="10.1016/j.apnr.2018.08.001",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.apnr.2018.08.001"
}