 Accidental Falls
"Accidental Falls" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
Falls due to slipping or tripping which may result in injury.
| Descriptor ID |
D000058
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| MeSH Number(s) |
N06.850.135.122
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| Concept/Terms |
Accidental Falls- Accidental Falls
- Falls
- Falling
- Falls, Accidental
- Accidental Fall
- Fall, Accidental
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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Accidental Falls" by people in this website by year, and whether "Accidental Falls" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| 1996 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2005 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2008 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2010 | 1 | 1 | 2 | | 2011 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2015 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2016 | 1 | 1 | 2 | | 2018 | 2 | 0 | 2 | | 2020 | 2 | 0 | 2 | | 2022 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Accidental Falls" by people in Profiles.
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Turner K, Staggs VS, Potter C, Cramer E, Shorr RI, Mion LC. Fall Prevention Practices and Implementation Strategies: Examining Consistency Across Hospital Units. J Patient Saf. 2022 01 01; 18(1):e236-e242.
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Staggs VS, Turner K, Potter C, Cramer E, Dunton N, Mion LC, Shorr RI. Unit-level variation in bed alarm use in US hospitals. Res Nurs Health. 2020 08; 43(4):365-372.
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Turner K, Staggs V, Potter C, Cramer E, Shorr R, Mion LC. Fall prevention implementation strategies in use at 60 United States hospitals: a descriptive study. BMJ Qual Saf. 2020 12; 29(12):1000-1007.
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Bj?rk A, Ribom E, Johansson G, Scragg R, Mellstr?m D, Grundberg E, Ohlsson C, Karlsson M, Ljunggren ?, Kindmark A. Variations in the vitamin D receptor gene are not associated with measures of muscle strength, physical performance, or falls in elderly men. Data from MrOS Sweden. J Steroid Biochem Mol Biol. 2019 03; 187:160-165.
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Baernholdt M, Hinton ID, Yan G, Xin W, Cramer E, Dunton N. Fall Rates in Urban and Rural Nursing Units: Does Location Matter? J Nurs Care Qual. 2018 Oct/Dec; 33(4):326-333.
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Staggs VS, Cramer E. Can Nursing Units With High Fall Rates Be Identified Using One Year of Data? Reliability of Fall Rates As a Function of the Number of Quarters on Which They Are Based. Res Nurs Health. 2017 Feb; 40(1):80-87.
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Boyle DK, Jayawardhana A, Burman ME, Dunton NE, Staggs VS, Bergquist-Beringer S, Gajewski BJ. A pressure ulcer and fall rate quality composite index for acute care units: A measure development study. Int J Nurs Stud. 2016 Nov; 63:73-81.
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Staggs VS, Olds DM, Cramer E, Shorr RI. Nursing Skill Mix, Nurse Staffing Level, and Physical Restraint Use in US Hospitals: a Longitudinal Study. J Gen Intern Med. 2017 01; 32(1):35-41.
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Staggs VS. Reliability assessment of a hospital quality measure based on rates of adverse outcomes on nursing units. Stat Methods Med Res. 2017 Dec; 26(6):2951-2961.
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Boyle DK, Cramer E, Potter C, Staggs VS. Longitudinal Association of Registered Nurse National Nursing Specialty Certification and Patient Falls in Acute Care Hospitals. Nurs Res. 2015 Jul-Aug; 64(4):291-9.
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