Best evidence summary for screening and assessment of fall risk for hospitalized elderly patients
WANG Xingxin
WANG Yun
LIU Pengcheng
ZHU Yawen
GUO Yun
TAN Liping
Abstract：Objective:To summarize the best evidence for the assessment and management of falls in hospitalized elderly patients,and to provide reference for clinical practice in China.Methods:With PIPOST model,the evidence-based questions were identified;computer-based retrieval of evidence resources for falls assessment and management including guidelines,summary of evidence,best practice information book,expert consensus,systematic review,literature review,and randomized controlled trials in hospitalized elderly patients was performed.Literature screening,literature quality evaluation,classification of evidence grade and recommendation grade,evidence extraction and summary were conducted by 4 researchers who completed the evidence-based nursing training.Results:Eleven articles were included,including 1 clinical decision-making,3 guidelines,1 systematic review,4 expert consensus reports,and 2 evidence summary report and 17 pieces of best evidence were summarized from 2 dimensions of preliminary screening of fall risk in elderly hospitalized patients and multi factor assessment of fall risk.Conclusions:The best evidence of fall risk screening and assessment of elderly inpatients can accurately identify the high-risk factors of falls,and provide evidence-based basis for the development of personalized measures for the prevention of falls in elderly inpatients.
Keywords：hospitalized elderly patientsfallrisk screeningrisk assessmentbest evidence
Publication Date：2025-06-25
Online Publishing Date：2025-08-15(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：5( 2227-2231 )