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Research Progress on Risk Factors and Prevention Strategies of Falls in Elderly Inpatients

Miaoqing Zhuang1, Jiamei Li2,*, Hongfang Chen2, Yonghong Yang2, Xia Song2, Pei Li2, Liang Shi2, Huanze Li1

1Shaanxi University of Chinese Medicine, Xianyang, Shaanxi, China.

2Shaanxi Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital, Xi'an, Shaanxi, China.

*Corresponding author: Jiamei Li

Published: February 25, 2021

Abstract

The importance of falling is becoming increasingly prominent in the health problems of the elderly. Elderly inpatients are at high risk of falling, and falling is one of the important risk factors affecting the physical health and quality of life of the elderly. Based on the occurrence of fall will cause elderly patients with fear of falling, action impaired ability, function dependence, the economic burden and the negative impact of caregiver burden and so on, in the full understanding of the risk factors of elderly hospitalized patients, based on fall prevention strategies at home and abroad are reviewed, to provide personalized for senile inpatients, systematic fall prevention measures, and strengthen the safety consciousness of nursing staff, thus reducing the incidence of an elderly hospitalized stumble, protect the safety of senile inpatients, has become an important part of patient safety, as one of the important indexes of clinical nursing quality evaluation.

Keyword

Elderly Inpatients, Fall, Risk Factor, Prevent

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How to cite this paper

Research Progress on Risk Factors and Prevention Strategies of Falls in Elderly Inpatients

How to cite this paper: Miaoqing Zhuang, Jiamei Li, Hongfang Chen, Yonghong Yang, Xia Song, Pei Li, Liang Shi, Huanze Li. (2021) Research Progress on Risk Factors and Prevention Strategies of Falls in Elderly Inpatients. International Journal of Clinical and Experimental Medicine Research5(2), 101-105.

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.26855/ijcemr.2021.04.002