TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2014//
TI  - Risk factors for falls in hospitalized adult patients: an integrative review
JO  - Revista da Escola de Enfermagem da U S P
A1  - Severo, Isis Marques
A1  - Almeida, Miriam de Abreu
A1  - Kuchenbecker, Ricardo
A1  - Vieira, Débora Feijó Villas Boas
A1  - Weschenfelder, Michele Elisa
A1  - Pinto, Luciana Ramos Corrêa
A1  - Klein, Cristini
A1  - Siqueira, Ana Paula de Oliveira
A1  - Panato, Bruna Paulsen
SP  - 540
EP  - 554
VL  - 48
IS  - 3
N2  - OBJECTIVE: Identifying risk factors for the occurrence of falls in hospitalized adult patients. <br><br>METHOD: Integrative review carried out in the databases of LILACS, SciELO, MEDLINE and Web of Science, including articles published between 1989 and 2012. <br><br>RESULTS: Seventy-one articles were included in the final sample. Risk factors for falls presented in this review were related to patients (intrinsic), the hospital setting and the working process of health professionals, especially in nursing (extrinsic). <br><br>CONCLUSION: The systematic screening of risk factors for falls was identified as a contributing factor to the reduction of this injury, helping the non-occurrence of this event that, despite being preventable, can have serious consequences including death.
<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0080-6234
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -