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. 2016 May 27;113(21):365–372. doi: 10.3238/arztebl.2016.0365

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