Table 2.
STEADI Implementation: 2018–2021 Aged 65 and Older
| Measure | 4 Years Total N (%) |
2018 N (%) |
2019 N (%) |
2020 N (%) |
2021 N (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Demographics of all older adults seen who received therapy a | |||||
| Sex | N = 65,399 | N = 17,232 | N = 18,308 | N = 14,164 | N = 15,695 |
| Female | 41,424 (63.3) | 11,0574 (64.2) | 11,609 (63.4) | 8,782 (62.0) | 9,976 (63.6) |
| Male | 23,975 (36.7) | 6,175 (35.8) | 6,699 (36.6) | 5,382 (38.0) | 5,719 (36.4) |
| Race/ethnicity | N = 65,375 | N = 17,231 | N = 18,304 | N = 14,154 | N = 15,686 |
| Caucasian | 56,500 (86.4) | 14,892 (86.4) | 15,780 (86.2) | 12,311 (87.0) | 13,517 (86.2) |
| Hispanic/Latino | 1,655 (2.5) | 413 (2.4) | 467 (2.6) | 348 (2.5) | 427 (2.7) |
| Asian | 2,133 (3.3) | 593 (3.4) | 595 (3.3) | 416 (2.9) | 529 (3.4) |
| African American | 958 (1.5) | 252 (1.5) | 277 (1.5) | 211 (1.5) | 218 (1.4) |
| Other | 1,271 (1.9) | 325 (1.9) | 379 (2.1) | 272 (1.9) | 295 (1.9) |
| Unknown | 1,068 (1.6) | 272 (1.6) | 305 (1.7) | 237 (1.7) | 254 (1.6) |
| Refused | 1,372 (2.1) | 374 (2.2) | 385 (2.1) | 278 (2.0) | 335 (2.1) |
| AIAN | 278 (0.4) | 78 (0.5) | 74 (0.4) | 52 (0.4) | 74 (0.5) |
| NHPI | 140 (0.2) | 32 (0.2) | 42 (0.2) | 29 (0.2) | 37 (0.2) |
| Older adults who had an initiated or completed STEADI screenings | |||||
| Initiated screeningsb | 59,071 (90.3) | 16,094 (93.4) | 16,467 (89.9) | 12,534 (88.5) | 13,716 (87.3) |
| Completed screeningsc,d | 50,023 (76.4) | 13,564 (78.3) | 14,269 (77.9) | 10,602 (74.9) | 11,570 (73.7) |
| Caucasian | 43,365 (76.8) | 11,772 (79.1) | 12,339 (78.2) | 9,271 (75.3) | 9,983 (73.9) |
| Hispanic/Latino | 1,204 (72.8) | 306 (74.1) | 352 (75.4) | 243 (69.8) | 303 (71.0) |
| Asian | 1,699 (79.7) | 498 (84.0) | 476 (80.0) | 329 (79.1) | 396 (74.9) |
| African American | 677 (70.7) | 182 (72.2) | 202 (72.9) | 146 (69.2) | 147 (67.4) |
| Other | 917 (72.2) | 235 (72.3) | 286 (75.5) | 188 (69.1) | 208 (70.5) |
| Unknown | 814 (76.2) | 212 (77.9) | 224 (73.4) | 178 (75.1) | 200 (78.7) |
| AIAN | 198 (71.2) | 54 (69.2) | 53 (71.6) | 32 (61.5) | 59 (79.7) |
| NHPI | 111 (79.3) | 23 (71.9) | 37 (88.1) | 21 (72.4) | 30 (81.1) |
| At risk of falls* | 22,041 (44.1) | 6,012 (44.3) | 6,258 (43.9) | 4,550 (42.9) | 5,221 (45.1) |
Notes: Percentage based on valid screenings. STEADI completed screening score >3/14. AIAN = American Indian/Alaska Native; NHPI = Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander.
aThe first episode was determined by clinic visit date, per year, which allows patients to appear in the data set more than once if they visited multiple years since older adults are expected to be screened annually for falls. Episodes that spanned across 2 years (start to end dates) were retained in the year they were concluded.
bA STEADI initiated screening was determined by completion of one or more of the first questions on the Stay Independent Questionnaire (SIQ; Q1, Q1A, Q1B).
cA STEADI completed screening was designated by meeting one of the following two criteria:
-All three SIQ screener responses were complete and their sum was 0, with no missing values.
-All three SIQ screener responses were complete, their sum was greater than 0, and all 12 SIQ questions had a nonmissing response.
dSTEADI completed screening by race and ethnicity were calculated using the number of older adults who self-identified as a specific race or ethnicity who had a completed screen divided by the total sample of older adults who attended therapy in that year who identified as a specific race or ethnicity (e.g., for NHPI 4-year total; 111 received a completed screening/140 who attended therapy in the 4 years = 79.3%).