Patient’s safety is a major concern of health care institutions and huge effort are giving to maintain it. However, many hospitalized patients are at risk of experiencing some safety events. Fall is one of the major safety Incidence the hospitals focus on. Fall Incidence and assessment of its risk have been utilized in many health care institutions as key indicators of quality of care. Falls have been widely observed among admitted patients that substantially influence their recovery from illness. contribute to their prolonged hospital stay and increased healthcare costs. Furthermore, patients' fall incidents have proved to be quite costly due to the adverse consequences of fall-related injuries Identifying, analyzing the risk factors of falls among adult patients during hospitalization in the relevant research and assessing the falls risk factors among hospitalized adult patients in King Abdulaziz Specialist Hospital at Taif, Saudi Arabia were the focus of the study. Through scoping review of the relevant research findings of the risk factors of falls among hospitalized adult patients included 11 relevant studies that were reviewed critically to identify the potential factors increasing patient falls risk. These studies published between 2013-2019 were recruited from authentic databases like MEDLINE, PubMed, CINAHL, and EBSCO. In Addition to a retrospective study for 90 fall incident reports and patients’ medical records from 2016 to 2019. The review and study revealed different factors contribute to increased risk of falls among hospitalized patients like the age and gender of patients, educational level, marital status, chronic disease, cardiovascular disease, musculoskeletal disease and cognitive impairments. psychotropic and narcotic drugs, and environmental factors. Falls are attributable to both intrinsic and extrinsic factors during hospitalization. Identifying the significant factors leading to falling can help nurses and other healthcare staff to develop preventive strategies to alleviate these falls' physical, psychological, economic and social consequences.

Fatimah Thaar Alsubaie is senior medical surgical specialist has completed her master degree in medical surgical nursing from King Abdulaziz University, Saudi Arabia. She is working as Clinical Instructor at King Abdulaziz specialist hospital Taif, Saudi Arabia.