Clinical Relevance of the Humpty Dumpty Falls Scale in a Pediatric Specialty Hospital.
The Joint Commission requires pediatric hospitals to implement fall prevention programs and evaluate the efficacy of such programs. The Humpty Dumpty Falls Scale (HDFS), a seven-item assessment scale used to document age, gender, diagnosis, cognitive impairments, environmental factors, response to s...
| Publicado en: | Pediatric Nursing Vol. 40; no. 3; pp. 137 - 143 |
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| Formato: | questionnaire/scale research tables/charts Journal Article |
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Jannetti Publications, Inc.
May/Jun2014
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ccm&AN=96973110&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: ccm uiTerm: 96973110 longDbName: CINAHL Complete uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: dissinfo: jinfo: jid: 00979805 21Z jtl: Pediatric Nursing issn: 00979805 maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: May/Jun2014 vid: 40 iid: 3 pid: 4135 pub: Jannetti Publications, Inc. place: Pitman, New Jersey artinfo: ui: 96973110 96973110 103972203 96973110 ppf: 137 ppct: 6 formats: fmt: @attributes: type: P tig: atl: Clinical Relevance of the Humpty Dumpty Falls Scale in a Pediatric Specialty Hospital. aug: au: Pauley, Barbara J. Houston, L. Susan Dunlei Cheng Johnston, Darla M. affil: Nurse Educator Specialist, Our Children's House, Dallas, TX sug: subj: Accidental Falls Prevention and Control Risk Assessment In Infancy and Childhood Accidental Falls Risk Factors Clinical Assessment Tools In Infancy and Childhood Human Hospitals, Pediatric Scales Sensitivity and Specificity Hospitals, Special Nonexperimental Studies Retrospective Design Case Control Studies Record Review Predictive Value of Tests Replication Studies Infant Child, Preschool Child Adolescence Female Male Inpatients ROC Curve Infant: 1-23 months Child, Preschool: 2-5 years Child: 6-12 years Adolescent: 13-18 years Female Male ab: The Joint Commission requires pediatric hospitals to implement fall prevention programs and evaluate the efficacy of such programs. The Humpty Dumpty Falls Scale (HDFS), a seven-item assessment scale used to document age, gender, diagnosis, cognitive impairments, environmental factors, response to surgery/ sedation, and medication usage, is one of several instruments developed to assess fall risk in pediatric patients. To determine the specificity and sensitivity of the HDFS in predicting falls in children hospitalized for pediatric specialty care, a team at a pediatric specialty hospital conducted a nonexperimental retrospective study that used a matched case-control design and chart review analysis. The discoveries suggest that the HDFS lacks accuracy in pediatric specialty patients. Using the HDFS cut-off score of 12 and above to indicate a high risk for falls in these children yields a high false-positive rate. Investigators and staff at pediatric specialty hospitals need to continue their pursuit of valid instruments and tools that contribute to fall reduction. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: questionnaire/scale research tables/charts Journal Article ougenre: Article language: English refInfo: holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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