Table 2. Incidence of fall events during the 12-month period in the intervention group and the control group.
Intervention group (N = 222) |
Control group (N = 156) |
IRR/OR [95% CI] | p-value | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Falls, n (rate) | 291 (1.3) | 367 (2.4) | IRR: 0.54 [0.35; 0.84]) | 0.007 |
Faller*, n (%) | 73 (32.8) | 70 (44.9) | OR: 0.52 [0.29; 0.91] | 0.021 |
Fall–related injuries, n (%) | 63 (28.4) | 59 (37.8) | IRR: 0.66 [0.42; 0.94] | 0.033 |
*Faller; person with more than one fall per year or at least one injurious fall
CI, Confidence interval; IRR, Incidence Rate Ratio; OR, Odds Ratio; Intracluster-Correlation-Coefficient = 0.165