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- Title
Fall risk factors in hospitalized bone marrow transplant patients: A systematic review.
- Authors
Turkoglu, Nicole M.; Shang, Jingjing
- Abstract
Background: Certain types of cancer and treatment increase the risk of falls among cancer patients, particularly patients with hematologic cancer undergoing bone marrow transplant (BMT). Nurses are integral to preventing falls and maintaining patient safety. Understanding patients undergoing BMT fall risk factors may help nurses identify high fall risk patients and develop fall prevention interventions. Purpose: This systematic review aims to identify risk factors for falls among hospitalized adult patients receiving BMT treatment. Methods: Guided by the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta‐Analyses, a systematic review of the literature was conducted by searching databases PubMed and CINAHL. Study quality was evaluated using the Crowe Critical Appraisal Tool form (v1.4). Findings: An initial search yielded 829 articles; six were included for final review after removing duplicates and screening for inclusion criteria: specific to patients undergoing BMT, measure fall outcome, in hospital, and original research. The identified risk factors include age of 65 and older, leukemia diagnosis, days of diarrhea, incontinence of urine or stool, increased pulse rate, muscle weakness, hypnotic, anxiolytic medication, recent steroid use, allogenic transplant, and post‐engraftment period. Conclusions: Risk factors for falls among patients undergoing BMT are multifactorial and are related to muscle weakness, medication administration, pulse rate, type of transplant, age, engraftment period, and bathroom use. Implications for nursing: Nurses providing care to patients undergoing BMT need to assess and increase nurse surveillance on allogeneic transplant patients, specifically those on anxiolytic, hypnotic, and steroid medications. Nurses providing care to patients undergoing BMT should implement more fall prevention strategies in patients undergoing BMT who develop diarrhea and urine or stool incontinence. Identifying specific patients undergoing BMT fall risk factors and applying multifaceted individualized fall prevention strategies has the potential to improve allogeneic transplant patient care and prevent fall‐related complications.
- Subjects
UNITED States; LEUKEMIA complications; ONLINE information services; CINAHL database; BONE marrow transplantation; DIARRHEA; SYSTEMATIC reviews; AGE distribution; STEROIDS; PATIENTS; RISK assessment; MUSCLE weakness; ACCIDENTAL falls; HOSPITAL care of older people; HEMATOLOGIC malignancies; URINARY incontinence; MEDLINE; FECAL incontinence; TRANSPLANTATION of organs, tissues, etc.; TRANQUILIZING drugs; NURSING interventions; DISEASE complications; OLD age
- Publication
International Journal of Nursing Knowledge, 2024, Vol 35, Issue 1, p4
- ISSN
2047-3087
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/2047-3095.12407