Associations between patient symptoms and falls in an acute care hospital: A cross-sectional study.

Anners LerdalLine Wangsvik SigurdsenHeidi HammerstadTove Irene Granheimnull nullCaryl Lynn Gay

Published in: Journal of clinical nursing (2018)

Clinicians ought to pay particular attention to increased fall risk among patients reporting many symptoms and those experiencing distress from concentration difficulties, fatigue, sleep problems, nausea, vomiting and diarrhoea.

Keyphrases

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