Risk factors for falls in hospitalized adult patients: an integrative review

Objective: Identifying risk factors for the occurrence of falls in hospitalized adult patients. Method: Integrative review carried out in the databases of LILACS, SciELO, MEDLINE and Web of Science, including articles published between 1989 and 2012. Results: Seventy-one articles were included in th...

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Main Authors: Isis Marques Severo, Miriam de Abreu Almeida, Ricardo Kuchenbecker, Débora Feijó Villas Boas Vieira, Michele Elisa Weschenfelder, Luciana Ramos Corrêa Pinto, Cristini Klein, Ana Paula de Oliveira Siqueira, Bruna Paulsen Panato
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade de São Paulo 2014-06-01
Series:Revista da Escola de Enfermagem da USP
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0080-62342014000300540&lng=en&tlng=en