Risk factors of falls among hospitalized stroke patients

The Intrinsic Factors That Influence Risk of Falling Of Patients: A Literature Review

“…Another study involving patients with clinical diagnosis and traumatological patients as many as 155 patients who had the highest number of comorbidities in all patients (p = 0.000) they had comorbidities (clinical: 50% vs. trauma: 82.4%) (Aguiar et al, 2019). This result is also supported by the Morse Fall Scale (MFS) study conducted at an Indonesian hospital, namely a secondary diagnosis of 50% (Purnamasari et al, 2020) Mental status is one of the intrinsic factors that influence risk of falling inpatients, it has been proven in several studies although it is not the main outcome in these studies. The study was a retrospective case-control study with a study sample of 620 patients whose results were among the six Morse Fall Scale (MFS) items, more falls than controls who have intrinsic factors, namely, first, gait disturbance (p=0.001), second, history of falls (p=0.002), and thirdly, mental status (p=0.009) (Noh et al, 2021).…”

“…When the patient has secondary or more than one disease it is possible for the patient to experience higher limitations related to body weakness, musculoskeletal, neurological, etc. This is also certainly related to the use of intravenous devices, almost 100% of hospitalized patients have secondary disease (Aguiar et al, 2019;Pasa et al, 2017;Purnamasari et al, 2020). Intravenous injection is also one of the items contained in the Morse Fall Scale (MFS) which is a risk factor for patients falling.However, in another study in the form of a longitudinal study involving 2 groups, namely falling and not falling, the result is that secondary disease p = 0.543 which means no significant to the incidence of falls (Urbanetto et al, 2017).…”

“…This mental status affects the incidence of falls inpatients. This is evidenced by the existence of several studies such as the significance of the incidence of falls for faller and non-faller groups, the number of data on patients who have mental status disorders in hospitals (Noh et al, 2021;Purnamasari et al, 2020;Urbanetto et al, 2017). When a patient has a mental status disorder, the nurse may have to ensure that the patient is accompanied by a companion while in the hospital if possible.…”