Ošetřovatelské perspektivy 2020, 3(2):39-48 | DOI: 10.25142/osp.2020.008
EFFECT OF PHARMACOTHERAPY ON PATIENTS‘ FALLS
- 1 Ústav ošetřovatelství, porodní asistence a neodkladné péče, Zdravotně sociální fakulta, Jihočeská univerzita v Českých Budějovicích
- 2 Katedra ošetřovatelství a porodní asistence, Fakulta zdravotnických studií, Západočeská univerzita v Plzni
Backround: One of the controllable risk factors in the prevention of falls in patients is pharmacotherapy. The increasing number of elderly patients is usually accompanied by polymorbidity and related polypragmasia.
Aim: The aim of the paper was to assess the impact of drug therapy on the consequences of falls in patients of a large medical institution.
Method: Quantitative analysis of data from 2012–2019 determined the dependence of the type of injuries caused by falls on the drugs used, the age of patients and the field of care provided. The data were assessed at a significance level of 5 %.
Results: The results of descriptive statistics showed that 93 % of patients were taking drugs at the time of the fall, of which 63 % were taking a combination of high-risk drugs at the time of the fall. The analysis did not show a dependence of the type of injury on drug use (p = 0.773); on the age category (p = 0.163) or on the field of care provided (p = 0.163).
Conclusion: Despite the unproven correlation, pharmacotherapy of patients is an important area that needs to be re-evaluated and corrected as indicated in the prevention of adverse events.
Keywords: falls, patient, pharmacotherapy, consequences of falls, risk factors
Received: August 24, 2020; Revised: August 24, 2020; Accepted: September 9, 2020; Published: February 12, 2021 Show citation
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