'Patient Unable to Express Why He Was on the Floor, He Has Aphasia.' A Content Thematic Analysis of Medical Records and Incident Reports on the Falls of Hospital Patients with Communication Disability Following Stroke

Autor/inn/en	Sullivan, Rebecca; Hemsley, Bronwyn; Harding, Katherine; Skinner, Ian
Titel	'Patient Unable to Express Why He Was on the Floor, He Has Aphasia.' A Content Thematic Analysis of Medical Records and Incident Reports on the Falls of Hospital Patients with Communication Disability Following Stroke
Quelle	In: International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders, 58 (2023) 6, S.2033-2048 (16 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Sullivan, Rebecca) ORCID (Hemsley, Bronwyn)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1368-2822
DOI	10.1111/1460-6984.12916
Schlagwörter	Patients; Accidents; Case Records; Hospitals; Neurological Impairments; Communication Disorders; Prevention; Comprehension; Risk; Speech Language Pathology + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Patient; Case reports; Fallsammlung; Krankengymnast; Krankenhaus; Neurodegenerative Erkrankung; Kommunikationsstörung; Prävention; Vorbeugung; Verstehen; Verständnis; Risiko
Abstract	Background: People with communication disability following stroke are at risk of falls during inpatient rehabilitation. However, they are often excluded from hospital falls research, and little is known about the circumstances or outcomes of their falls to inform risk management strategies. Aims: To examine hospital medical records and incident reports relating to falls of patients with communication disability following stroke for content codes, categories and themes relating to communication. Methods & Procedures: This medical record chart review examined data on 72 patients and 265 falls. A content thematic analysis was used to identify how patient communication is characterized in relation to falls, and their prevention and management strategies. Outcomes & Results: The data reflected that staff viewed patients having difficulty following simple instructions as contributing to falls. Gaining the attention of staff and communicating basic needs were also considered to be contributing factors for falls. Patients were often described as experiencing a fall when taking a risk or attempting to address an unmet basic need. Furthermore, written notes for patients with more severe communication disability reflected that the patient's communication impairments prevented staff from establishing the circumstances of some falls and complicated the assessment for injury following a fall. Conclusions & Implications: The medical records and incident reports of patients with communication disability following stroke reveal that hospital staff recognize the impact of communication disability as potential risk factors for falls for this group. It was difficult for staff to report the circumstances of the fall for patients with severe communication disability. Despite the recognition of communication as a potential contributing factor, few medical record entries documented strategies related to communication interventions to improve patients' ability to understand instructions, gain attention or communicate basic needs. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01