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. 2026 Jun 25;15(2):e003786. doi: 10.1136/bmjoq-2025-003786

Table 2. Comparison of modalities for identifying falls in nursing records.

Method True positive, n False positive, n True negative, n False negative, n Sensitivity
(95% CI)
Specificity
(95% CI)
PPV
(95% CI)
NPV
(95% CI)
AI algorithm 99 505 29 987 25 0.80
(0.72 to 0.87)
0.98
(0.98 to 0.98)
0.16
(0.14 to 0.20)
1.00
(1.00 to 1.00)
Incident reports 46 1 30 491 78 0.37
(0.29 to 0.46)
1.00
(1.00 to 1.00)
0.98
(0.89 to 1.00)
1.00
(1.00 to 1.00)

NPV, negative predictive value; PPV, positive predictive value.