Table 1.
Participant Characteristics
| Intervention (N=1187) Mean (SD) or percent |
Control (N=604) Mean (SD) or percent |
P-value*** | |
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| Age at start of intervention (yrs) | 82.7 (5.4) | 83.3 (5.2) | 0.03 |
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| Women (%) | 71 | 74 | 0.09 |
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| Elixhauser comorbidity count | 3.3 (2.5) | 3.9 (2.8) | <0.0001 |
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| Claim for fall-related injury in pre-intervention period (%) | 15 | 17 | 0.04 |
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| Responses to screening questions (%)* | |||
| ≥ 2 falls in the past year | 38 | 35 | 0.18 |
| Fall with injury since last visit to MD | 23 | 25 | 0.39 |
| Fear of falling due to balance or walking problems | 83 | 86 | 0.14 |
| Bothersome urinary incontinence, desiring treatment | 37 | 34 | 0.34 |
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| Site (%)** | <0.0001 | ||
| Site A | 66 | 35 | |
| Site B | 5 | 32 | |
| Site C | 11 | 14 | |
| Site D | 18 | 19 | |
*
Participants could choose more than one response to the fall screening items.
**
Expressed as percent of intervention and control participants from each site. Column total equals 100%.
***
P value measured by t-test for continuous variables and Pearson chi square test for categorical variables.