Abstract
Objective
Verify demographic and clinical factors associated with patient safety incidents among elderly people in intensive care.
Methods
Retrospective study of 112 medical records of elderly people admitted to an intensive care unit in 2015. The data were collected from January to June 2016, using: a form for population characterization; the Simplified Acute Physiology Score II; the Charlson Comorbidity Index and the International Classification for Patient Safety; analyzed by multiple linear regression (p < 0.05).
Results
Length of stay increased all types of no harm incidents, general adverse events, clinical process/procedure and infection. There was a higher number of nutrition-related no harm incidents among men, and administration-related adverse events among women. The age group of 69 to 70 years increased the number of medication-related no harm incidents. Hospitalization for clinical reasons increased behavior-related no harm incidents, whereas for surgical reasons it boosted the number of infection-related adverse events.
Conclusion
Length of stay; sex; age group and hospitalization were associated with increased no harm incidents and adverse events.
Patient safety; Aged; Intensive care units; Safety management; Geriatric nursing