Summary of the best evidence for exercise rehabilitation in preventing falls in elderly hospitalized patients
Objective To search,evaluate,and integrate relevant evidence on the prevention of falls in elderly hospitalized patients through exercise rehabilitation,and provide reference for the practical application of exercise rehabilitation in elderly hospitalized patients.Methods The guidelines,evidence summary,systematic evaluation,recommendation practice and expert consensus on the application of sports rehabilitation in the prevention of elderly hospitalized patients in the related guide network,the website of the Society and the Chinese-English database were searched by computer,and the retrieval time was from the establishment of the database to July 19,2023.The quality of the included documents was evaluated,and the evidence was extracted and summarized according to the theme.Results A total of 20 articles were included,including 3 guidelines,3 expert consensus papers,3 evidence summaries,and 11 systematic reviews.A total of 19 pieces of evidence were summarized on 5 themes including the benefits of exercise rehabilitation,implementers,exercise assessment,exercise style and safety,exercise frequency,time,and intensity.Conclusion This study summarizes and forms a practical plan for exercise rehabilitation to prevent falls in elderly hospitalized patients.During the clinical implementation process,the best evidence can be selected based on the actual situation to prevent falls and related injuries in elderly patients and improve the quality of nursing safety.