title: [Risk factors for pediatric inpatient falls].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The purpose of this study was to identify risk factors for pediatric inpatients falls.
  
  
  METHODS
  The study was a matched case-control design. The participants were 279 patients under the age of 6 who were admitted between January 1, 2004 and December 31, 2009. Through chart reviews, 93 pediatric patients who fell and 186 ones who did not fall were paired by gender, age, diagnosis, and length of stay. Five experts evaluated the 38 fall risk factors selected by the researchers.
  
  
  RESULTS
  In a general hospital, pediatric patients with secondary diagnosis, tests that need the patient to be moved, intravenous lines, hyperactivity, anxiolytics, sedatives and hypnotics, and general anesthetics showed significance for falls on adjusted-odds ratios. Conditional logistic regression analysis was performed to elucidate the factors that influence pediatric inpatient falls. The probability of falls increased with hyperactivity and general weakness. Patients who didn't have tests that required them to be moved and intravenous line had a higher risk of falls.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  These findings provide information that is relevant in developing fall risk assessment tools and prevention programs for pediatric inpatient falls.
authors.affiliation: Graduate School of Clinical Nursing Science, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
authors.forename: Myung Sook
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Cho
authors.affiliation: Nursing Professional Development, Samsung Medical Center, Seoul, Korea.
authors.forename: Mi Ra
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Song
authors.affiliation: Department of Nursing Science, Sun Moon University, Asan, Korea. skc0701@hanmail.net.
authors.forename: Sun Kyung
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Cha
mesh_terms: D000058:Accidental Falls / Q000517:prevention & control*; D000367:Age Factors; D000700:Analgesics; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006402:Hematologic Diseases / Q000473:pathology; D006760:Hospitalization; D006769:Hospitals, General; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007902:Length of Stay; D016015:Logistic Models; D008297:Male; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology; D016017:Odds Ratio; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012307:Risk Factors; D012737:Sex Factors
chemical_list: D000700:Analgesics
keywords: Accidental falls; Inpatients; Risk factors