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- Title
ASSESSMENT INSTRUMENT FOR FALLS AMONG THE HOSPITALIZED ELDERLY (HOSPITAL AIFE): NURSE ANALYZING VULNERABILITY AND MOBILITY.
- Authors
Moraes Oliveira, Daiani; de Almeida Hammerschmidt, Karina Silveira; Dornelles Schoeller, Soraia; Reis Girondi, Juliana Balbinot; Godinho Bertoncello, Katia Cilene; de Paula Junior, Newton Ferreira
- Abstract
Objective: to develop a tool for assessing vulnerability to falls in hospitalized elderly. Method: exploratory and descriptive study with a qualitative approach. It conducted an evaluation of the items that make up the Assessment Instrument for Falls in Elderly (AIFE) used in the Family Health Strategy, selecting those related to vulnerability to falls in hospitalized elderly, focusing on mobility dimension. Results: some functional assessment tools were adapted and/or added, which outlined the AIFE Hospital, presented through schematic and visual flowchart figures. In it, the mobility was subdivided into individual (identification, sense organs, musculoskeletal system, assessment activities of daily life; assessment of balance and gait, history of falls and fractures) and environmental (environmental scale of risk of falls). Conclusion: IAQI Hospital assists in determining the individual profile and vulnerability of the elderly, for the prevention of falls, actions are scheduled.
- Subjects
BRAZIL; ACCIDENTAL fall prevention; RISK factors of falling down; GERIATRIC assessment; HOSPITAL care of older people; COGNITION; POSTURAL balance; EXPERIMENTAL design; GAIT in humans; LIFE skills; RESEARCH methodology; NURSING assessment; PATIENT safety; RESEARCH; RISK assessment; QUALITATIVE research; ACTIVITIES of daily living; SOCIOECONOMIC factors; BODY movement; OLD age
- Publication
Journal of Nursing UFPE / Revista de Enfermagem UFPE, 2016, Vol 10, Issue 11, p4065
- ISSN
1981-8963
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.5205/reuol.9881-87554-1-EDSM1011201631