Journal of Advances in Clinical Nursing

Objective To improve the compliance of inpatients to fall education by changing the education mode, so as to reduce the incidence of fall in inpatients. Methods Convenience sampling method was used to select hospitalized patients in the rehabilitation department of a secondary hospital in Shanghai from January 2022 to December 2023, and the hospitals unified fall assessment tool was used to evaluate the patients with high risk of falling. Bedridden patients who could not walk or stand for various reasons and patients with mental disorders were excluded. In 2022, 375 patients were enrolled using the general education method, and in 2023, 397 patients were enrolled using the interview education method. Data analysis was used to determine the impact of interview education on patient compliance, acceptance and fall rate. Results In 2022, there were 5 high-risk fall patients with an annual fall rate of 0.31‰, and in 2023, there was 1 high-risk fall patient with an annual fall rate of 0.05‰, P < 0.05. Conclusion After the use of interview education for high-risk fall patients, the fall rate of hospitalized patients is reduced, and nurses can use the interview education with high acceptance of patients.

Interview education; Falling; Fall rate; Inpatient