Hospital Inpatient Falls across Clinical Departments
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Setting and Sample
2.2. Statistical Analysis
3. Results
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Departments | Cardiology | Internal Medicine | Neurology | Orthopedics | Rheumatology | Rehabilitation | p |
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A | B | C | D | E | F | ||
Total number of hospitalizations (N) | 11980 | 39811 | 7517 | 9673 | 24849 | 5536 | <0.001 $ |
Total number of falls (%) | 47 (0.39%) | 469 (1.18%) | 45 (0.60%) | 14 (0.15%) | 53 (0.21%) | 106 (1.92%) | |
Females N (%) | 18 (38.30%) | 256 (54.58%) | 17 (37.78%) | 8 (57.14%) | 43 (81.13%) | 81 (76.42%) | A vs. B < 0.008 $ A vs. E = 0.004 $ A vs. F = 0.008 $ C vs. E < 0.001 $ C vs. F < 0.001 $ |
Males N (%) | 29 (61.7%) | 213 (45.42%) | 28 (62.22%) | 6 (42.90%) | 10 (18.90%) | 25 (23.58%) | |
Age (years) | 77.94 | 77.70 | 77.76 | 71.29 | 65.81 | 72.81 | B vs. A < 0.001 $ B vs. C < 0.001 $ B vs. E = 0.004 $ C vs. E = 0.008 $ |
mean (±SD *; range) | (±10.96; 36) | (±12.08; 73) | (±11.17; 64) | (±8.46; 27) | (±19.07; 63) | (±11.51; 59) | |
BMI (kg/m2) | 26.57 | 27.06 | 26.43 | 26.24 | 26.95 | 28.31 | 0.083 |
mean (±SD *) | (±5.01) | (±5.58) | (±4.87) | (±2.89) | (±4.62) | (±5.64) | |
Length of stay (days) | 9 | 14 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 22 | F vs. A < 0.001 $ F vs. B < 0.001 $ F vs. C = 0.004 $ F vs. D = 0.003 $ F vs. E < 0.001 $ A vs. E < 0.001 $ A vs. B = 0.036 $ B vs. E < 0.001 $ |
Median; IQR ** | IQR **: 3.5 | IQR **: 4.0 | IQR **: 6.5 | IQR **: 5.5 | IQR **: 3.0 | IQR **: 11.5 | |
Time of fall | 0.018 $ | ||||||
6:00-12:00 | 12 (25.53%) | 89 (19.98%) | 12 (26.67%) | 6 (42.86%) | 14 (26.42%) | 21 (19.81%) | |
12:00-18:00 | 15 (31.92%) | 91 (19.40%) | 12 (26.67%) | 0 (0.00%) | 17 (32.08%) | 29 (27.36%) | |
18:00-24:00 | 11 (23.40%) | 123 (26.23%) | 11 (24.44%) | 4 (28.57%) | 9 (16.98%) | 31 (29.25%) | |
24:00-6:00 | 9 (19.149%) | 166 (35.39%) | 10 (22.22%) | 4 (28.57%) | 13 (24.53%) | 25 (23.59%) | |
Patient conditions | B vs. E = 0.006 $ C vs. E = 0.012 $ | ||||||
Dementia | 5 (10.64%) | 56 (11.940%) | 5 (11.11%) | 0 (0.000%) | 1 (1.89%) | 2 (1.89%) | |
Disorientation | 8 (17.02%) | 59 (12.58%) | 8 (17.78%) | 0 (0.000%) | 0 (0.00%) | 5 (4.72%) | |
Psychomotor disorders | 2 (4.26%) | 19 (4.05%) | 2 (4.44%) | 3 (21.43%) | 0 (0.00%) | 4 (3.77%) | |
Loss of consciousness | 0 (0.00%) | 6 (1.28%) | 0 (0.000%) | 0 (0.00%) | 3 (5.66%) | 0 (0.00%) | |
None | 32 (70.15%) | 329 (66.67%) | 30 (66.67%) | 11 (78.57%) | 49 (92.45%) | 95 (89.62%) | |
Place of fall | C vs. E < 0.001 $ D vs. E = 0.011 $ | ||||||
Bed | 30 (59.92%) | 281 (59.92%) | 28 (62.22%) | 8 (57.14%) | 16 (30.19%) | 47 (44.34%) | |
Bathroom | 11 (22.81%) | 107 (22.81%) | 11 (24.44%) | 0 (0.00%) | 14 (26.42%) | 19 (17.93%) | |
Corridor | 6 (12.77%) | 81 (17.27%) | 6 (13.33%) | 6 (42.86%) | 23 (43.40%) | 40 (37.74%) |
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Mikos, M.; Banas, T.; Czerw, A.; Banas, B.; Strzępek, Ł.; Curyło, M. Hospital Inpatient Falls across Clinical Departments. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2021, 18, 8167. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18158167
Mikos M, Banas T, Czerw A, Banas B, Strzępek Ł, Curyło M. Hospital Inpatient Falls across Clinical Departments. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2021; 18(15):8167. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18158167
Chicago/Turabian StyleMikos, Marcin, Tomasz Banas, Aleksandra Czerw, Bartłomiej Banas, Łukasz Strzępek, and Mateusz Curyło. 2021. "Hospital Inpatient Falls across Clinical Departments" International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 18, no. 15: 8167. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18158167