The Knowledge Gained from Questionnaire Survey of the Patients Fall in the Radiological Examinations —Focus on the Severity Due to Fall Accidents

• Published in: Japanese Journal of Radiological Technology Vol. 75; no. 11; pp. 1308 - 1315
• Main Authors: Nagayoshi, Makoto, Doi, Tsukasa, Yamatani, Yuya, Yamada, Eiji, Matsuura, Yoshihiro, Miyanishi, Tadashi, Hashida, Masahiro
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English; Japanese
• Published: Japan Japanese Society of Radiological Technology 2019; Japan Science and Technology Agency
• Subjects: Accidental Falls; Accidents; Clusters; Falls; Health care facilities; Humans; incident influence classification; Injury analysis; Injury prevention; patients fall; Polls & surveys; Questionnaires; Radiography; radiological examinations; Risk Factors; serious injury; severity; Surveys and Questionnaires; Working hours; severity; radiological examinations; patients fall; incident influence classification; serious injury
• ISSN: 0369-4305; 1881-4883
• DOI: 10.6009/jjrt.2019_JSRT_75.11.1308

Purpose: The purpose of this study is to analyze the factors of patient’s fall that causes serious injury in the radiological examinations. Methods: We conducted a questionnaire survey on cases of medical accidents occurring in the radiological examination department in medical institutions. The number of responses to the questionnaire surveys was 372. Among them, 197 cases were related to fall. The incident influence classification divided into eight clusters (0, 0H, 1, 2, 3a, 3b, 4, 5) was divided into three clusters (tiny, moderate, serious injury) depending on severity. We analyzed the factors that cause serious injury. Results: In the case of patient’s fall, several factors have been found to cause serious injury. The factors were general radiography, standing position, outside working hours. Conclusion: All falls can cause serious injury. To reduce falls, it is important to analyze what kind of patient and in what situation tend to fall, and prevent falls in advance.