Fall prevention among psychiatric patients in an Iranian hospital: a best practice implementation project.

Introduction: Falls are the main cause of disability among psychiatric patients, as well as being the most common adverse event in hospitals. Aim: The aim of this evidence implementation project was to improve fall prevention and management among psychiatric patients in a neurology ward in an Irania...

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Publicado en:JBI Evidence Implementation Vol. 23; no. 2; pp. 181 - 190
Autores principales: Kabiri, Neda, Alizadeh, Mahasti, Ranjbar, Fatemeh, Hajebrahimi, Sakineh, Soleimanpour, Hassan, Oladbaniadam, Khatereh, Marjani, Karim, Amini, Behrouz, Soleimanpour, Maryam
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Publicado: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins Apr2025
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          Kabiri, Neda
          Alizadeh, Mahasti
          Ranjbar, Fatemeh
          Hajebrahimi, Sakineh
          Soleimanpour, Hassan
          Oladbaniadam, Khatereh
          Marjani, Karim
          Amini, Behrouz
          Soleimanpour, Maryam
        affil: Research Center for Evidence-based Medicine, Iranian EBM Centre: A JBI Centre of Excellence, Faculty of Medicine, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran
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          Accidental Falls Prevention and Control
          Program Implementation
          Implementation Science
          Psychiatric Patients
          Hospitals Iran
          Accidental Falls Risk Factors
          Risk Management Methods
          Practice Guidelines
          Guideline Adherence
          Medical Practice, Evidence-Based
          Quality Improvement
          Human
          Iran
          Audit
          Feedback
          Conceptual Framework
          Health Personnel Education
          Professional Compliance Evaluation
          Patient Centered Care Education
          Goal-Setting
          Accidental Falls Education
          Risk Assessment Methods
          Transfer, Discharge
          Patient Assessment
          Descriptive Statistics
      ab: Introduction: Falls are the main cause of disability among psychiatric patients, as well as being the most common adverse event in hospitals. Aim: The aim of this evidence implementation project was to improve fall prevention and management among psychiatric patients in a neurology ward in an Iranian tertiary psychiatric hospital. Methods: This project used the JBI Evidence Implementation Framework, which recommends an audit, feedback, and re-audit strategy. A baseline audit was conducted to evaluate current fall prevention practices among 50 psychiatric patients and 20 health care professionals. The baseline audit was used to identify gaps in compliance. After the implementation of improvement strategies, a follow-up audit was conducted to measure any changes in practice. Results: The baseline and follow-up audits revealed that compliance with best practices improved in ward transfer fall risk assessment (Criterion 2: 87% to 90%), patient participation in fall risk assessment (Criterion 3: 95% to 96%), revising patient fall risk status (Criterion 9: 50% to 86%), and person-centered education of health care providers (Criterion 11: 78% to 96%). Other audit criteria remained unchanged. However, for Criterion 6 on patient engagement in goal-setting and treatment planning, compliance dropped from 100% at baseline to 94% at follow-up. Conclusions: This project successfully increased evidence-based practices regarding fall prevention and management, as well as providing mechanisms for sustaining the practice changes. Future audits are required to further improve outcomes. http://links.lww.com/IJEBH/A267
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