Title
Views on fall prevention among multi-disciplinary healthcare workers
Authors
D. Geetha*, P Vijayasamundeeswari & M. Angel Preethi
Affiliation
Sri Ramachandra Faculty of Nursing, SRIHER (DU), Porur, Chennai 116, India; *Corresponding author
D. Geetha - E-mail: geetha.d@sriramachandra.edu.in; Phone: +91
9962512288.
P Vijayasamundeeswari - E-mail: Vijayasamundeeswari.p@sriramachandra.edu.in;
Phone: +9941113984
M. Angel Preethi - E-mail: angelpreethi.m@gmail.com; Phone:
+9566772447
Article Type
Review
Date
Received July 1, 2025; Revised July 31, 2025; Accepted July 31, 2025, Published July 31, 2025
Abstract
Falls are a common and inevitable occurrence in healthcare settings. Nurses are often questioned about these incidents and are responsible for reporting them. When the multidisciplinary team is actively involved, it becomes easier to reduce fall rates in healthcare settings. Therefore, it is of interest to assess healthcare professionals' perceptions of fall prevention and to develop an informative video on the subject. A descriptive design was adopted; the target population was multidisciplinary Health Professionals working at teaching hospitals, South India. The stratified sampling technique was used to recruit the samples in the study, the calculated ratio was 0.414. Results show that, consistent monitoring, education and evaluation of fall prevention practices are essential for reducing the occurrence of falls among vulnerable individuals in hospitals.
Keywords
Fall, healthcare professionals, inpatient, multidisciplinary, prevention
Citation
Geetha et al. Bioinformation 21(7): 1827-1830 (2025)
Edited by
P Kangueane
ISSN
0973-2063
Publisher
License
This is an Open Access article which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly credited. This is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License.
