Table 3. Comparison of serious fall-related injuries between compliant flooring INT and control flooring CON groups in the FLIP Study, 2013–2017.
Compliant Flooring | Control Flooring | Base Modela | Multivariable Modelb | |||||
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INT | CON | |||||||
(n = 184) | (n = 173) | |||||||
Serious Fall-Related Injury | Events | Risk | Events | Risk | OR (95% CI) | p | OR (95% CI) | p |
≥1 serious fall-related injury | 23 | 12.5 | 23 | 13.3 | 0.98 (0.52, 1.84) | 0.950 | 0.99 (0.52, 1.92) | 0.977 |
≥2 serious fall-related injuries | 10 | 5.4 | 13 | 7.5 | 0.74 (0.31, 1.75) | 0.500 | 0.78 (0.31, 1.95) | 0.594 |
Events | Rate | Events | Rate | RR (95% CI) | p | RR (95% CI) | p | |
Number of serious fall-related injuries/1,000 bed nights | 38 | 0.362 | 46 | 0.422 | 1.04 (0.45, 2.39) | 0.925 | 1.23 (0.55, 2.76) | 0.603 |
Number of serious fall-related injuries/fall | 38 | 0.038 | 46 | 0.053 | 0.81 (0.38, 1.71) | 0.560 | 0.90 (0.42, 1.92) | 0.769 |
Number of falls with ≥1 serious fall-related injury/1,000 bed nights | 29 | 0.276 | 33 | 0.303 | 0.97 (0.52, 1.79) | 0.920 | 1.02 (0.55,1.88) | 0.955 |
Events | Rate | Events | Rate | HR (95% CI) | p | HR (95% CI) | p | |
Time to first serious fall-related injuryc | 23 | 0.237 | 24 | 0.257 | 0.92 (0.52,1.62) | 0.760 | 0.91 (0.50, 1.64) | 0.727 |
aIncludes main effect term for intervention group (1 = INT, 0 = CON). For binary logistic models that generated ORs, bed nights of follow-up was a covariate. For negative binomial models that generated RRs, offset was specified as bed nights of follow-up for endpoint of number of serious fall-related injuries/1,000 bed nights, and offset was specified as number of falls for endpoint of number of serious fall-related injuries/fall.
bBase model plus adjustment for baseline values for the following five covariates: age (<85, 85+ years), dementia, ≥1 fall in the past 180 days, antianxiety medication, and analgesic medication.
cRate expressed as events per 1,000 bed nights.
Abbreviations: CON, control; FLIP, Flooring for Injury Prevention; HR, hazard ratio; INT, intervention; OR, odds ratio; RR, rate ratio.