Data on 1,071 in-hospital falls at a large hospital in South Brazil from 2012 - 2017

This dataset contains information on 1,071 in-hopsital falls that occurred between 2012 and 2017 at Hospital Moinhos de Vento, a 497-bed institution located in the city of Porto Alegre, Brazil.<br>The reporting of falls in hospital settings is recognized as a prevention strategy for informing corrective actions with the aim of preventing future such events. To this end, this dataset contains a broad array of variables relating to each fall incident (note that not all years include each variable): * Date of incident* Birth decade of patient* Age range of patient* Sex of patient* Weekday of incident* Shift during which the incident ocurred* Hospital department or location of incident * Location or environment in which the incident ocurred* Severity of incident* Presence of companion at time of incident* Fall risk level as measured by the Johns Hopkins Fall Risk Assessment Tool* Involvement of medication associated with fall risk* Whether a fall prevention protocol was implemented* Type of injury incurred, if any* Reason for incident* Whether a restraint prescription was given * Whether a physical therapy prescription was given<br>The data are presented as a single Excel XLSX file: <b>hospital-fall-data-2012-2017.xlsx</b>, separated into sheets according to year of data capture for the years 2012 - 2017.<br>Learning about the characteristics of these events and establishing a profile may contribute to the design of adequate prevention and improvement strategies that effectively reduce the risk of falls.<br>The project from which these data were extracted was approved by the institution’s research ethics committee (CAAE: 57679316.9.0000.5330 - approval 1.833.572).