TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2020//
TI  - Safety of hospitalized older adult patients: an analysis of the risk of falls
JO  - Revista da Escola de Engermagem da USP
A1  - Canuto, Carla Patrícia de Almeida Santos
A1  - Oliveira, Luciane Paula Batista Araujo de
A1  - Medeiros, Marília Rute de Souto
A1  - Barros, Wanessa Cristina Tomaz Dos Santos
SP  - e03613
EP  - e03613
VL  - 54
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N2  - OBJECTIVE: To identify the risk of falls of older adults in a hospital in the Trairi region in Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil, and to describe the relationship between risk of falls and the sociodemographic characteristics of the participants.     METHOD: A descriptive, transversal, and quantitative study conducted in a regional hospital, respecting the ethical principles in force. The Morse Scale was adopted for data collection, which took place in July and August 2018, and adapted with sociodemographic questions. A descriptive and inferential statistical analysis was performed.     RESULTS: There were 46 participants in the study, most of whom were women with low education, and the most frequent reasons for hospitalization were surgical treatment and lung disease. More than half had a high risk of falling (54.35%), followed by moderate (32.61%) and low (13.04%). There was an association between high risk of falls, having lung disease as a reason for hospitalization and diabetes as a comorbidity. The high risk of falls was less frequent among older adult patients hospitalized for surgical treatment.     CONCLUSION: The high risk of falls was found in more than half of the older adults, which varied according to the reason for hospitalization and comorbidities, being more frequent in those hospitalized for lung disease and in those who had Diabetes.<p />  <p>Language: pt</p>
LA  - pt
SN  - 0080-6234
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S1980-220X2018054003613
ID  - ref1
ER  -