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.