Vídeo educativo: segurança da pessoa idosa no ambiente hospitalar

Abstract

Introduction: The safety of the elderly person in the hospital environment can reduce the risk of unnecessary damage associated with the health care process to an acceptable minimum. In the context of hospital care, innovations and advances are needed to improve processes and services offered to the elderly population. Objectives: To present the scientific evidence on the safety of the elderly in the hospital environment; assess the safety of hospitalized elderly people based on the six International Patient Safety Goals of the World Health Organization and the Statute of the Elderly; and build an educational video on the safety of the elderly in the hospital environment. Method: A multi-method study, developed in three stages: 1. Bibliometric study on the topic addressed; 2. Field research with a qualitative approach, developed with 20 elderly people and 20 health professionals. The data were processed in the IRAMUTEQ software and analyzed in the light of the World Health Organization's International Patient Safety Goals, the National Patient Safety Policy and the Elderly Statute; 3. Methodological study for the production of an educational video on the safety of the elderly in the hospital environment. Results: In the bibliometric study, 172 records of publications were located, in 59 different journals, written by 218 authors who have links with 200 institutions, located in 113 countries. In the field research, the results were presented in the dendrogram with 5 classes, namely: 4. Risk of falls and infection in the hospital environment; 1. Safe hospital environment for the elderly; 5. Prevention of infection in the hospital environment; 2. Communication in the hospital environment; 3. Elderly health and safety. In the methodological study, the educational video entitled: The safety of the elderly in the hospital environment was created. Discussion: Scientific evidence shows a more specific relationship, in order of priority, with Goals 3- Improve the safety of high surveillance drugs, which represented 40% of the studies; Goal 1- Correct identification of the patient, Goal 2- Improve communication between health professionals and Goal 5- Reducing the risk of infections associated with health care related to food safety, with 13.2% of the studies, each. Field research showed that health professionals and the elderly represented a safe hospital environment for the elderly, with emphasis on the prevention of the risks of falls and hospital infection control. The final version of the video was composed of animations and audio narration, with 5 minutes and 10 seconds, in MP4 format. Content included: opening; presentation of the purpose of the video; questions about how a safe hospital environment should be based on the six International Patient Safety Goals of the World Health Organization and the Statute of the Elderly. Conclusion: The use of educational video on the safety of the elderly in the hospital environment can contribute to increase the perception of the elderly about the adverse risks or incidents that affect the elderly during the provision of health care in the hospital environment, resulting in damage or injury , which may represent a temporary or permanent damage.