Effects of central nervous system medications on the falls in older inpatients and its nursing strategies
10.3760/cma.j.issn.1674-2907.2010.13.003
- VernacularTitle:神经系统疾病住院老年患者跌倒的原因及护理
- Author:
Cai-Hua ZHANG
1
;
Hong-Xia ZHU
;
Yang QU
;
Jie SHENG
Author Information
1. 上海交通大学医学院附属第六人民医院
- Keywords:
Central nervous system drugs;
The elderly inpatients;
Drug combination;
Falls;
Nursing
- From:
Chinese Journal of Modern Nursing
2010;16(13):1496-1499
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
Objective To explore the effect of the drug dosage and administration time of central nervous system (CNS') medications on the falls of older inpatients and to provide the nursing strategies. Methods This was a retrospective study. Correlation between gender, educational background, health status and the incidence of the falls was analyzed. The incidence of falls was compared in different drug combination,different drug dosage, and different administration time. Results The results were found:The incidence of the falls in male was higher than that in female, with 82.57% and 17.43% respectively ;76～85 years old patients had highest incidence of falls ; Patients with diabetes or angiocardiopathy had higher incidence of falls than those with other basic diseases; Incidence of falls were more likely to happen in patients received multi-drug combination;Patients used high drug dosage of CNS medications had higher falls incidence than those used low drug dosage;The longer the medicine, the higher incidence of falls. Conclusions The factors including the kinds of drug combination, the dosage and the administration time of CNS drugs were relevant to the falls in the elderly. Regulating the usage of medicine and enhancing the health education on patients and their families are necessary.
