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Mise en évidence des corrélations en lien avec la condition physique des patients diabétiques de type 2
This paper will describe the results from two exploratory studies on un-witnessed
elderly in-patient falls in acute facilities. The first study analyzed incident reports
from England and Wales between 1 September 2006 and 31 August 2007
(n=215,784). We found a difference in the location of falls for patients described as
frail and those described as confused. This was further explored in a pilot study to
collect detailed information about contributory factors and the location of falls
through staff interviews. We found that the use of bedrails seemed to alter the
location of the fall, with falls from beds with raised rails clustered around the foot
end of the bed