[Is there a correlation between increasing hospital falls and Covid-19 infection? Retrospective study on the entire hospital population.]

Q3 Medicine

Recenti progressi in medicina Pub Date : 2024-09-01 DOI:10.1701/4334.43183

Federica Gonella, Antonio Valenti, Oscar Testa, Andrea Ricotti, Stefano Passi, Barbara Mitola

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Abstract

Introduction Falls are the second leading cause of accidental or unintentional death worldwide. In hospital falls represent a relevant health problem, in particular after their increasing since Covid year 2020. The aim of this study is to evaluate correlation between falls and Covid infection.

Methods: Risk Management Unit at Mauriziano hospital analyzed in the present observational study possible correlation with Covid Pandemic and falls risk factors, through comparison of patients falls occurred during year 2021 in Covid and no-Covid wards. The primary outcome of the study is the evaluation of relationship between falls and Covid infection. The secondary outcome is identification of falls risk factors.

Results: No direct correlation between falls and Covid-19 infection was found. Among falls risk factors, the most interesting emerged is the fall itself that enhances the risk of relapse.

Discussion: Increasing in patients falls since 2020 could be affected indirectly by strong hospital organization modifications during Covid pandemic.

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[医院跌倒的增加与 Covid-19 感染之间有关联吗？对所有住院病人的回顾性研究]。

导言：跌倒是导致全球意外或无意死亡的第二大原因。医院中的跌倒是一个相关的健康问题，尤其是自 2020 年以来，跌倒的发生率不断上升。本研究旨在评估跌倒与Covid感染之间的相关性：毛里齐亚诺医院风险管理部门在本观察性研究中通过比较 2021 年期间在感染 Covid 和未感染 Covid 病房中发生跌倒的患者，分析了 Covid 大流行与跌倒风险因素之间可能存在的相关性。研究的主要结果是评估跌倒与 Covid 感染之间的关系。次要结果是确定跌倒风险因素：结果：未发现跌倒与 Covid-19 感染之间存在直接关联。在跌倒风险因素中，最值得关注的是跌倒本身会增加复发风险：讨论：自 2020 年以来，患者跌倒的增加可能间接受到 Covid 大流行期间医院组织结构调整的影响。

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