Purpose/Significance To analyze the current situation of foreign research on constructing the fall risk prediction model for inpatients based on machine learning, and to provide references for relevant research in China. Method/Process Foreign literatures on the construction of the fall risk prediction model for inpatients based on machine learning from 2017 to 2022 are searched in PubMed and Web of Science databases, and the literatures are analyzed from the prospects of research perspectives, data sources, construction methods, model validation, etc. Result/Conclusion Relevant foreign researches have unique perspectives, massive data, long collection cycle, multiple machine learning methods for modeling and various model verification methods. The experience of foreign counterparts can be used for references by Chinese nursing researchers.