Analysis of influencing factors and research on humanistic care strategies for falls in inpatients during the rehabilitation period of stroke

 You do realize much more useful research is creating protocols that prevent falls? I'd have the mentors and senior researchers fired for incompetence!

Analysis of influencing factors and research on humanistic care strategies for falls in inpatients during the rehabilitation period of stroke

• VernacularTitle:脑卒中康复期住院患者跌倒影响因素分析及人文关怀策略研究
• Author: Linlin HOU ¹ ; Yufan LIU ¹ ; Xuening CAO ¹ ; Ying ZHANG ¹ ; Feng YANG ¹
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• Publication Type:Journal Article
• Keywords: stroke; rehabilitation period; fall; humanistic care
• From: Chinese Medical Ethics  2024;37(11):1353-1359
• CountryChina
Language:Chinese 

 Abstract: 

  Objective 

To  explore the influencing factors for falls in inpatients during the rehabilitation period of stroke and research humanistic care strategies. 

Methods 

 Using a retrospective case-control study design. 32 stroke patients who experienced falls in the rehabilitation department of the Second Affiliated Hospital of Xi’an Jiaotong University from January 2019 to December 2022 were selected as the observation group and 64 stroke patients who were hospitalized in the same department during the same period and did not suffer from falls were matched 1：2 by age and gender as the control group. Logistic regression analysis was used to determine the influencing factors for falls in inpatients during the rehabilitation period of stroke. 

 Results

The results of multivariate analysis showed that a history of falls （OR=8.688， P=0.036）， a fall risk score （OR=1.615， P=0.018）， sleep disorders （OR=5.378， P=0.031）， malnutrition （OR=11.071， P=0.035）， and osteoporosis （OR=15.831， P=0.006） were the independent risk factors for falls in inpatients during the rehabilitation period of stroke. 

 Conclusion

There are many influencing factors for falls in inpatients during the rehabilitation period of stroke. Medical staff should take effective intervention measures based on different risk factors and implement humanistic care to reduce the incidence of falls in inpatients during the rehabilitation period of stroke.