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- Title
Quedas intra-hospitalares entre idosos: uma revisão integrativa.
- Authors
Thomaz dos Santos, Ana Claudia Felipe; Funchal Camacho, Alessandra Conceição Leite; Pinto da Silva, Angélica; Nascimento de Andrade, Giselle; França de Menezes, Harlon; Silva Nunes, Vanessa
- Abstract
The aim is to identify in national and international publications the related causes of falls among hospitalized elderly. This is an Integrative Literature Review with the research for original articles published from 2013 to 2018, in Portuguese, English and Spanish, in the main bases of the health area. The descriptors used were "Accidental falls" and "Hospitalization". Twelve articles met the proposed inclusion criteria. Of these, only two were performed by nurses. It is concluded that there is a need in to carry out further studies on the theme of the fall of hospitalized elderly people, knowing the unique characteristics of this population and associating them with the environmental factors of the studied scenario, so that nursing interventions can be planned in a way these are effective.
- Publication
Saúde Coletiva, 2018, p975
- ISSN
1806-3365
- Publication type
Article