This article examines the risk of falls of orthopaedic surgery patients on admission
to hospital. For this purpose, an internal clinical fall risk score was developed,
which divides the patients into three risk categories. Subsequently, the validity
of the score was recorded and possibilities for reducing the individual risk of falling
were pointed out. The results show that the score can identify patients at high risk
of falling on admission.
Key words
fall risk - fall score - fall prevention - geriatric traumatology
