Table 1.
Trial (first author, year, country) | n included | Mean age (years or range) | Time frame patients followed | Population type | Exclusion criteria | Number of falls | Number of fallers |
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Vassallo, 2005, UK [31]a | 135 | 83.8 | Average LOS 14.6 (±7.5) days | Acute medical wards | Not given | 29 | 22 |
Coker, 2003, Canada [34] | 432 | 81 | Average LOS 50 days | Geriatric rehabilitation | Not given | – | 111 |
Papaioannou, 2004, Canada [35]a | 620 | 78 | Not given | Acute medical wards | Palliative, critical care | 77 | 34 |
Haines, 2006, Australia [37] | 122 | 79 | 4004 patient-days | Geriatric rehabilitation | Not given | 59 | 26 |
Hill, 2004, Australia [37] | 44 | 79.8 | Not given | Geriatric rehabilitation | Unable to speak English or Italian, <65 years | – | 7 |
Chiari, 2002, Italy [38]a | 1,181 | 65–104 | 2 months | Mixed (internal medicine, geriatric rehab, oncology) | <65 years, hospitalised <48 h | – | 51 |
Milisen, 2007 Belgium [39] | 687 | 67.2 | Average LOS 10.2 (±11.4) days | Geriatric and acute l medical wards | Incomplete data, hospitalised <48 h | 120 | 82 |
Oliverb, 1997, UK [30] | 217 | 79.5 | 8 weeks | Geriatric, acutely ill, stroke rehab, disabled | Not given | 71 | 324 |
Oliverb, 1997, UK [30] | 446 | 83 | 8 weeks | Geriatric, acutely ill, stroke rehab, disabled | Not given | 79 | – |
Excluded from final meta-analysis as clinically heterogeneous population, including younger more acute patients;
excluded from final meta-analysis as falls rather than fallers were event used as basis of predictive validity analysis;
LOS = length of stay.