Analysis of risk factors of inpatient fall injury events based on association rules
Objective To analyze the fall related factors of inpatients and the potential interaction among multiple factors.Method Using the data mining method,the data of 49 inpatients with falls reported from the establishment of a tertiary general hospital in Zunyi city(March 1,2019)to December 30,2022 were analyzed.The Apriori algo-rithm was used for correlation analysis and relevant professional knowledge analysis.Results A total of 10 strong as-sociation rules of fall injury in hospitalized patients were finally obtained,mainly including the occurrence time of 20:00-07:59,the number of workers was 1,male patients,the injured part was the head,and the nursing age was≤2 years.Conclusion Association analysis can excavate valuable associated factors of inpatients'fall injury events,analyze the interaction of associated factors and countermeasures,and provide clinical intervention basis for preven-ting or reducing the fall injury events of inpatients.
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