Falls in hospital settings: a longitudinal study Caídas en el medio hospitalario: un estudio longitudinal Quedas em meio hospitalar: um estudo longitudinal
This study aims to assess the prevalence of falls, understand their consequences, identify causes and analyze intervention strategies to prevent them. This is a descriptive longitudinal study, from 2007 to 2009, in which nurses recorded patients' falls in a medicine ward, using a scale develope...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Universidade de São Paulo
2012-06-01
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| Series: | Revista Latino-Americana de Enfermagem |
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| Online Access: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0104-11692012000300023 |