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. 2019 Jun 24;16(6):e1002843. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1002843

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
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.