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- Title
Factors associated with patient safety incidents among elderly people in intensive care.
- Authors
Barcelos, Renata Afonso; dos Santos Tavares, Darlene Mara
- Abstract
Objective: Verify demographic and clinical factors associated with patient safety incidents among elderly people in intensive care. Methods: Retrospective study of 112 medical records of elderly people admitted to an intensive care unit in 2015. The data were collected from January to June 2016, using: a form for population characterization; the Simplified Acute Physiology Score II; the Charlson Comorbidity Index and the International Classification for Patient Safety; analyzed by multiple linear regression (p < 0.05). Results: Length of stay increased all types of no harm incidents, general adverse events, clinical process/procedure and infection. There was a higher number of nutrition-related no harm incidents among men, and administration-related adverse events among women. The age group of 69 to 70 years increased the number of medication-related no harm incidents. Hospitalization for clinical reasons increased behavior-related no harm incidents, whereas for surgical reasons it boosted the number of infection-related adverse events. Conclusion: Length of stay; sex; age group and hospitalization were associated with increased no harm incidents and adverse events.
- Subjects
HOSPITAL care evaluation; ADVERSE health care events; LENGTH of stay in hospitals; HOSPITAL admission &; discharge; INTENSIVE care units; MIDDLE age; NUTRITIONAL assessment; PATIENTS; PATIENT safety; POPULATION; ACQUISITION of data; RETROSPECTIVE studies; DATA analysis software
- Publication
Acta Paulista de Enfermagem, 2017, Vol 30, Issue 2, p159
- ISSN
0103-2100
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1590/1982-0194201700025