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Risk
for Falls in Patients with Limb Amputations in the Clinical Institute
for Rehabilitation and Orthopedic Aids of the University Hospital
Centre Zagreb
1
Danijela Golub
2
Slađana Režić
¹
Clinical institute for rehabilitation and Orthopedic Aids, UHC Zagreb,
Croatia
²
Department for Health Care Quality Assurance and improvement, UHC
Zagreb, Croatia
Article
received: 08.03.2021.
Article
accepted: 29.04.2021.
Author
for correspondence:
Slađana Režić
department
for Health care Quality Assurance and impro- vement, UHc Zagreb
Kišpatićeva
12, Zagreb, croatia e-mail: sladjana.rezic@gmail.com
keywords:
fall, risk of falls, Morse falls Scale, limb amputation
Abstract
Introduction. Patient
falls are a significant clinical problem, as the fall can result in
disability and, in some cases, death. The fall affects the patients’
qual- ity of life, prolongs hospitalization, and increases the cost of
treatment. falls are the result of interaction between various factors.
in the hospital setting, falls are considered adverse events.
Aim.
To
determine the number of patients’ falls at the clinical institute for
rehabilitation and ortho- pedic Aids of the University Hospital centre
Zagreb (UHc Zagreb) between September 1, 2019, and feb- ruary 29, 2020.
Methods.
The
data was extracted after the event from the Hospital information System
(nursing re- cords) and then processed. The study included 212 patients
with limb amputations (both sexes) who were hospitalized in the
clinical institute for reha- bilitation and orthopedic Aids.
Results.
The
results showed that patients with limb amputations have a risk for
falls when doing reha- bilitation for their primary diagnosis. of the
212 pa- tients admitted, 209 were at risk of falling according to the
Morse falls Scale, but of the total number of patients, only 2 fell.
Conclusion.
patients
with limb amputations have a higher risk of falls. The retrospective
study shows that despite the increased risk of falls, the actual number
of falls is very small. This shows that the medical staff are doing
excellent work.