Is the symptom of pain adequately addressed in hospitalization at Internal Medicine? Crosssectional study

Martinez, José Eduardo; Moises, Thamires Guedes Leite; Cabo, Júlia Santos do

doi:10.5935/2595-0118.20230072-en

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“…Recent studies indicate that more than half of hospitalized patients report moderate to severe pain, regardless of the cause. A survey carried out in a hospital in Sorocaba found an overall prevalence of 41.2% of hospitalizations due to pain [26]. Another study on the prevalence of pain in hospitals in Italy disclosed that 46.6% of the evaluated patients suffered from intense pain, data that are similar to those found in the present study [27].…”

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Analysis of Hospital Safety in Fall Prevention in the Elderly

Carvalho,

Lira,

Oliveira

et al. 2024

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This study analyzed the risk of falls in the elderly and the safety of the environment in a teaching hospital in Brazil. The Morse Falls Scale was used to stratify the risk of falls in 45 hospitalized elderly individuals, and a checklist was used to analyze the hospital environment. The analysis was based on the chi-square test and multiple regression. The moderate risk of falls was predominant (51.1%). The variable age group (p-value = 0.024) showed statistical evidence of association with the risk of falls. However, the multiple regression analysis showed no difference between the age groups and the risk situation for falls. The hospital wards showed an adequate arrangement of furniture, but some aspects had inadequacies, such as objects in the corridors, non-functional bells in some beds, and inadequacy of the toilet bowls in terms of the recommended height, the absence of non-slip flooring and the support bar in some bathrooms. In conclusion, the moderate risk of falls among the elderly and the adequacy of the hospital environment to technical standards were evident, with the exception of failures in the emergency communication system and sanitary installation.

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