Summary of findings 3. Summary of findings table ‐ Providing information about the residents? fall risk compared to usual care for older people in all long‐term care settings.
| Providing information about the residents' fall risk compared to usual care for older people in all long‐term care settings | ||||||
| Patient or population: older people in all long‐term care settings Setting: long‐term care facilities Intervention: providing information about the residents' fall risk Comparison: usual care | ||||||
| Outcomes | Anticipated absolute effects* (95% CI) | Relative effect (95% CI) | № of participants (studies) | Certainty of the evidence (GRADE) | Comments | |
| Risk with usual care | Risk with providing information about the residents' fall risk | |||||
| Restraint use follow‐up: 8 months | The mean restraint use was 3.53 | MD 0.51 lower (1.72 lower to 0.7 higher) | ‐ | 98 (1 RCT) | ⊕⊕⊝⊝ Lowa,b | |
| Serious adverse events related to the use of physical restraints ‐ not measured | ‐ | ‐ | ‐ | ‐ | ‐ | |
| Duration of physical restraint use ‐ not measured | ‐ | ‐ | ‐ | ‐ | ‐ | |
| Falls follow‐up: 8 months | The median number of falls per participant in both study groups at baseline and follow‐up was 1 | 98 (1 RCT) | ⊕⊕⊝⊝ Lowa,b | |||
| Fall‐related injuries ‐ not measured | ‐ | ‐ | ‐ | ‐ | ‐ | |
| Residents with at least one psychotropic medication ‐ not measured | ‐ | ‐ | ‐ | ‐ | ‐ | |
| *The risk in the intervention group (and its 95% confidence interval) is based on the assumed risk in the comparison group and the relative effect of the intervention (and its 95% CI). CI: confidence interval; MD: mean difference | ||||||
| GRADE Working Group grades of evidence High certainty: we are very confident that the true effect lies close to that of the estimate of the effect. Moderate certainty: we are moderately confident in the effect estimate: the true effect is likely to be close to the estimate of the effect, but there is a possibility that it is substantially different. Low certainty: our confidence in the effect estimate is limited: the true effect may be substantially different from the estimate of the effect. Very low certainty: we have very little confidence in the effect estimate: the true effect is likely to be substantially different from the estimate of effect. | ||||||
| See interactive version of this table: https://gdt.gradepro.org/presentations/#/isof/isof_question_revman_web_437392448448914131. | ||||||
a Downgraded one level for risk of bias: high risk of selection bias and performance bias, unclear risk of detection bias b Downgraded one level for imprecision: one study with a small number of participants