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. 2006 Oct;12(5):296–301. doi: 10.1136/ip.2006.012252

Table 2 Location of falls associated with an environmental hazard for each group.

Location Home safety + exercise programs (n = 98) Home safety program alone (n = 100) Exercise program alone (n = 97) Social visits (n = 96) Total (n = 391)
Total falls Hazard related falls (% total falls) Total falls Hazard related falls (% total falls) Total falls Hazard related falls (% total falls) Total falls Hazard related falls(% total falls) Total falls Hazard related falls (% total falls)
At home
 Bedroom 18 5 (28%) 8 6 (75%) 24 7 (29%) 22 9 (41%) 72 27 (38%)
 Living or dining room 14 8 (57%) 7 4 (57%) 14 3 (21%) 22 11 (50%) 57 26 (46%)
 Kitchen 1 1 (100%) 7 4 (57%) 5 1 (20%) 8 4 (50%) 21 10 (48%)
 Stairs 3 3 (100%) 1 1 (100%) 3 3 (100%) 6 6 (100%) 13 13 (100%)
 Hallway 2 0 (0) 4 2 (50%) 7 2 (29%) 3 1 (33%) 16 5 (31%)
 Bathroom 5 4 (80%) 7 0 (0) 1 0 (0) 10 4 (40%) 23 8 (35%)
 Entrance to home 11 10 (91%) 4 2 (50%) 6 5 (83%) 10 8 (80%) 31 25 (81%)
 Other inside own home 5 1 (20%) 2 2 (100%) 2 0 (0) 9 2 (22%) 18 5 (28%)
 Outside in own property 24 13 (54%) 8 4 (50%) 15 10 (67%) 21 14 (67%) 68 41 (60%)
 Total at home 83 45 (54%) 48 25 (52%) 77 31 (40%) 111 59 (53%) 319 160 (50%)
Away from home
 Outside 11 11 (100%) 5 4 (80%) 21 18 (86%) 12 10 (83%) 49 43 (88%)
 Inside building 3 2 (67%) 6 5 (83%) 6 4 (67%) 15 9 (60%) 30 20 (67%)
 Transport related 2 2 (100%) 8 7 (88%) 2 1 (50%) 12 10 (83%)
 Total away from home 16 15 (94%) 11 9 (82%) 35 29 (83%) 29 20 (69%) 91 73 (80%)
Total (known mechanism and location) 99 60 (61%) 59 34 (58%) 112 60 (54%) 140 79 (56%) 410 233 (57%)
Mechanism not known 2 3 2 4 11
Location not known 7 2 6 7 22
Total during trial 108 64 120 151 443

Incidence rate ratio for hazard related falls for the home safety program only group (n = 100) v social visits (n = 96 ) 0.40 (95% confidence interval 0.21 to 0.74) and for non‐hazard related falls 0.43 (0.21 to 0.90).