Abstract:Objective To investigate the effectiveness of plan-do-check-action (PDCA) circulation in preventing the risk of falls after ophthalmic surgery.Methods A total of 3450 patients undergoing ophthalmic surgery from January 2021 to December 2021 were selected and divided into control group (January 2021 to June 2021, n=1600) and observation group (July 2021 to December 2021, n=1850). The control group adopted the conventional intervention, and the observation group combined with PDCA cycle intervention. Both groups completed the 3-month intervention to compare the incidence of falls, fall injury degree, self-efficacy level and satisfaction of the two groups.Results Twenty-one falls occurred in the 3-month intervention in the observation group, the incidence (1.14%) was lower than that of 43 falls in the control group (2.69%) (P<0.05). The degree of fall injury in the observation group was lower than that in the control group (P<0.05), and the number of grade 0 cases was more than that of the control group (P<0.05). The observation group had higher scores on event response, goal achievement and individual problem solving after 3 months of intervention than the control group (P<0.05). After 3 months of intervention, the satisfaction of preventive measures, service attitude, prevention effect, escort system and fall prevention system was higher than that of the control group (P<0.05).Conclusion PDCA circulation has better results in preventing fall risk in patients after ophthalmic surgery, helps to reduce the incidence of postoperative falls, reduce fall injury, improve the level of patient self-efficacy, and can obtain high satisfaction, which is worthy of promotion and application.