Laura Gallego Marcuello

Sep 22, 2023 | mdpi.com | Beatriz Gomez |Moreno Rodriguez |Laura Gallego Marcuello |Andrés Santiago-Sáez

1. IntroductionThe World Health Organization (WHO) defines falls as “involuntary events that cause you to lose your balance and find the body on land or another firm surface that stops it”. According to the WHO, falls are a major global public health problem. An estimated 684,000 fatal falls occur annually, making this problem the second leading cause of death from unintentional injury worldwide after road traffic collisions [1]. Falls are adverse events that also occur in the hospital environment.