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Modica, Anthony DO1,a; Bitterman, Adam D. DO1

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1Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell, Hempstead, New York

aEmail address for corresponding author: [email protected]

Investigation performed at Northwell Health Huntington Hospital, Huntington, New York

Disclosure: The Disclosure of Potential Conflicts of Interest forms are provided with the online version of the article (https://links.lww.com/JBJSREV/B97).

JBJS Reviews | DOI: 10.2106/JBJS.RVW.24.00030

Metrics Abstract » Patient falls in the hospital are one of the leading sentinel events identified by the Joint Commission. » Hospital falls affect orthopaedic patients of older age at higher rates, and up to 34% of falls lead to injury such as fractures. » Patients often misperceive their fall risk, and modalities aimed at educating patients to address the incongruence between perceived and actual fall risk significantly reduce fall rate and injurious fall rate. » Adequate communication with patients and their families with the goal of educating them may diminish the physical, psychological, and emotional detriment to orthopaedic patients. Copyright © 2024 by The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, Incorporated Full Text Access for Subscribers:

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