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KMID : 1003720220310040157
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Korean Journal of Occupational Health Nursing
2022 Volume.31 No. 4 p.157 ~ p.166
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Factors Affecting Fall-Prevention Behavior of Long-Term Care Nurses
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Choi Ju-Youn
Lee Ga-Eon
Jun Hye-Jung
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Abstract
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Purpose: The purpose of this study was to identify factors influencing fall-prevention behaviors of nurses working in long-term care hospitals.
Methods: Participants included 147 nurses working in 10 long-term care hospitals in B city. Data were collected from September 20-October 12, 2016. SPSS/WIN 21.0 was used for analysis with t-test, ANOVA, Scheffe? test, Pearson correlation coefficients, and multiple regression.
Results: It was found that attitude toward fall (r=.29, p<.001) and patient safety culture (r=.25, p=.002) had a significant positive correlation with fall-prevention behaviors of nurses working in long-term care hospitals. The factors influencing fall-prevention behaviors in participants were clinical career and patient safety culture (β=.21, p=.012), contributing to 19% of the total variance in fall- prevention behaviors.
Conclusion: The findings showed that systematic delivery of differentiated fall prevention education is preferred to nurse's clinical career as a private factor to improve fall-prevention behaviors of nurses in long term care hospital. Particularly, it is imperative to conduct periodical and practical fall-prevention education for nurses to prevent career discontinuity. An independent report system and open communication system as well as a scheme that can disseminate patient safety culture in individual departments to implement patient direct nursing are required to encourage patient safety culture in organizations.
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KEYWORD
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Patient safety, Long-term care, Accidental Falls, Attitude
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