住院老年患者参与跌倒预防知识、态度、行为现状及相关因素分析

目的 了解住院老年患者参与跌倒预防知识、态度和行为现状及其相关因素,为制定有针对性的跌倒预防方案提供依据.方法 采用便利抽样法,选取2019年10月—12月在广东省9家三级甲等综合医院住院的205例老年患者作为研究对象,采用一般资料调查表和住院老年患者参与跌倒预防知信行量表进行横断面的调查.应用多元线性回归分析探讨影响...

Influencing factors of knowledge,attitude and practice in fall prevention among elderly inpatients

Objective To investigate the knowledge,attitude and practice(KAP)among the elderly inpatients to participate in the fall prevention and the influencing factors so as to provide a basis for developing a targeted fall prevention procedure.Methods A total of 205 hospitalised elderly patients from 9 hospitals in Guangdong Province were enrolled in the investigation with a self-designed general information questionnaire and inpatient KAP questionnaire for the purpose of investigation in a scale of fall prevention.Results The total score and score of each dimension in participation in the KAP fall prevention were 103.24±16.91,32.90±7.04,28.22±5.62 and 42.11±6.94,respectively.Multiple linear regression analysis showed that education,dysuria and use of a walking aid were the main influencing factors which affect the elderly inpatients to participate in the awareness of fall prevention(P<0.05).The use of a walking aid was the main influencing factor to affect the attitude towards the participation in the fall prevention(P<0.05).Gender and the use of a walking aid were the main influencing factors that affected the practice in participation in the fall prevention(P<0.05).Conclusions.The KAP of the elderly inpatients to participate in fall prevention is at average and walking with a walking aid affects the KAP in participating in fall prevention.Further improvement of fall prevention is necessary.