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Cultural and linguistic adaptation and validation of the Morse Fall Scale
Costa-Dias, Maria; Ferreira, Pedro; Oliveira, AlexandreBackground: Patients’ falls are the most commonly reported safety incident in hospitals. Falls have clear consequences on the patient, family and health professionals. Prevention interventions should be prescribed based on each patient’s fall risk assessment. This assessment may be performed using scales such as the Morse Fall Scale (MFS). Despite being used in several hospitals, this scale was never formally v...
Fall risk assessment tools
Costa-Dias, Maria; Ferreira, PedroBackground: Accidental falls remain the most reported incidents in hospital settings. This is a quality and safety issue for the patient which needs to be addressed by the hospital organisation. Nurses need to assess the risk of falling using scales. However, nurses are sometimes unsure of what is the most appropriate tool. Objective: To provide information on the two most commonly used scales for assessing the...
Study of the cut-off point of the Morse Fall Scale (MFS)
Costa-Dias, Maria; Martins, Teresa; Araújo, FátimaTheoretical framework: The Morse Fall Scale (MFS) is a scale for assessing fall risk. It is designed for adults and widely used in Portugal. The scale should be calibrated for each particular setting so that fall prevention strategies are targeted to patients most at risk. Objective: To analyse the cut-off point of the scale that best distinguishes between people with and without fall risk in a hospital inpatie...
Quedas dos doentes internados em serviços hospitalares, associação com os grupo...
Costa-Dias, Maria; Oliveira, Alexandre; Moreira, Cristina; Santos, Ana; Martins, Teresa; Araújo, FátimaAs causas das quedas são multifatoriais e os fármacos têm um contributo significativo. O objetivo deste trabalho é explorar a associação entre os fármacos e as quedas e a sua recorrência (n≥2), no período de internamento, num hospital da grande Lisboa, entre junho de 2008 e dezembro de 2010. O seu desenho é retrospectivo, a partir de uma amostra de 214 episódios de notificação de incidente de queda de 190 doent...