Analysis of the Effect of Pharmacotherapy on the Risk of a Fall I. Author: Klára Šturcová1 Tutor: Josef Malý1 1 Department of Social and Clinical Pharmacy, Faculty of Pharmacy in Hradec Králové, Charles University in Pague Introduction: Falls of hospitalized patients are one of the most common problems in health institutions. In terms of prevention of falls it is necessary to analyze all the factors that might have contributed to the emergence of a fall and subsequently minimize these risk factors. Objectives: The aim of the thesis was to analyze the possible drugs and other causes of falls of patients hospitalized in a certain rehabilitation institution. Methods: The data were collected from 21 March to 31 July 2014 in an institution providing rehabilitation care. The evaluated group consisted of patients who fell during the hospitalization in this period. The data about the fall, personal and drug anamnesis were transferred to an electronic form and subsequently evaluated by means of the frequency analysis, converted into graphs and tables and discussed. Results: 67 patients experienced 79 falls. Women experienced 53 % of falls; men experienced 47 % of falls. 87 % of the patients fell once, 9 % of the patients fell twice, 4 % of the patients fell three times. 58 % of all falls were experienced by...
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:nusl.cz/oai:invenio.nusl.cz:332592 |
| Date | January 2015 |
| Creators | Šturcová, Klára |
| Contributors | Malý, Josef, Doseděl, Martin |
| Source Sets | Czech ETDs |
| Language | Czech |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | info:eu-repo/semantics/masterThesis |
| Rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess |
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