Factors associated with falls in hospitalized adult patients.

Introduction: Despite efforts in hospitals to identify patients at risk for falls and to prevent these incidents, falls among hospitalized patients are not a rare event and continue to be a major health care concern, occurring in approximately 700,000-1,000,000 hospitalized patients per year.

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to examine intrinsic, extrinsic, and workforce factors that contribute to falls among hospitalized adult patients.

Methods: A retrospective correlational design was used to examine 160 patients admitted to a medical-surgical unit over the year 2012.