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A Literature Review of Factors Influencing Injurious Falls

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  • Faithe J. X. Poh
  • Shefaly Shorey

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Falls pose substantial challenges to health care institutions. This review aims to provide a synthesis and critique of studies that investigated fall injury risk factors and to identify significant risk factors that predispose patients to injurious falls. A comprehensive literature search was conducted in PubMed, COCHRANE, Embase, Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Heath Literature, and Scopus. Additional records were searched through Google Scholar and bibliographies of the retrieved articles. Twenty-three primary research studies were included. Demographic, intrinsic, and extrinsic factors have been identified. Demographics include age, gender, and marital status. Intrinsic factors include body mass index, medication, and preexisting conditions, and extrinsic factors include environmental factors. Several factors were found to be inconclusive. These factors should be considered and examined further. Future research may evaluate interventions focusing on targeted risk factors of injurious falls. Clinical guidelines addressing the factors in this review may be considered after further testing and research.

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  • Faithe J. X. Poh & Shefaly Shorey, 2020. "A Literature Review of Factors Influencing Injurious Falls," Clinical Nursing Research, , vol. 29(3), pages 141-148, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:clnure:v:29:y:2020:i:3:p:141-148
    DOI: 10.1177/1054773818802187
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