2012 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Development of Fall Risk Assessment Tool to Identify Injurious Falls
| Project/Area Number |
22659099
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Research Field |
Medical sociology
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| Research Institution | Niigata University |
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Principal Investigator |
TOYABE Shin-ichi 新潟大学, 危機管理本部危機管理室, 教授 (20227648)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2010 – 2012
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| Keywords | 転倒・転落 / 骨折 / リスク因子 / 頭蓋内出血 / リスクアセスメント / FRAX |
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| Research Abstract |
Falls are the most popular adverse events occurred in a hospital. The aim of this study is to establish a risk assessment tool for injurious falls. The retrospective study of inpatients revealed that the most frequent major injuries were fount to be bone fractures and intracranial hemorrhages. Among various risk factors, risk scores for falls and bone fractures were most closely associated with both bone fractures and intracranial hemorrhages. Risk assessment system established by integration of risk assessment scores for both fall and fracture could detect injurious falls in a reproducible fashion.
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