Characteristics of the Downton fall risk assessment scale in hospitalised patients.

Objective: To describe the risk of falls assessments properties and profiles of the patients who fell in a public hospital of the National Health System, and to determine the relationship between the "presence of a fall" and the previous score using the Downton scale, in order to calculate some of the features of this tool: Sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value, negative predictive value, likelihood ratio, and odss ratio.

Materials And Methods: A study with a descriptive retrospective design was conducted on the incidence of falls recorded in Cartagena Hospital. An analysis was made of possible causes and effects of falls during the period from March 2010 to March 2015.