Evaluation of falls by inpatients in an acute care hospital in Korea using the Morse Fall Scale. Issue 5 (30th September 2013)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Sung, Yung Hee; Cho, Myung Sook; Kwon, In Gak; Jung, Yoen Yi; Song, Mi Ra; Kim, Kyunghee; Won, Sungho
• Is Part Of: International journal of nursing practice. Volume 20:Issue 5(2014:Oct.)
• Page Start: 510
• Page End: 517
• Publication Date: 2013-09-30
• Subjects: Nursing -- Periodicals; Nursing -- Practice -- Periodicals; 610.73092
• DOI: 10.1111/ijn.12192
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1322-7114

Abstract

<abstract abstract-type="main"> <title> <x xml:space="preserve">Abstract</x> </title> <p>The purpose of this study was to determine the cut‐off values of the Korean version of the Morse Fall Scale (MFS‐K) that would be most useful in identifying hospitalized patients at risk of falls in an acute‐care setting in Korea. This study was conducted using the medical records of 66 patients who fell and 100 patients who did not fall (no‐fall patients) sampled from inpatients hospitalized at a tertiary acute‐care hospital in Seoul during the period from 1 January to 30 November 2009. The optimal cut‐off point for the MFS‐K was found to be 45 points, which produced an acceptable sensitivity and a fairly good specificity, negative predictive value and accuracy. The highest peak on the receiver operating characteristic curve was a cut‐off score of 45 points in the MFS‐K. Further research needs to be performed to determine the optimal cut‐off score according to subjects' conditions through daily measurement with the MFS in medical or surgical patients who are relatively homogeneous in terms of individual and disease‐related factors.</p> </abstract>