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).