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. 2020 Apr 22;8(4):e16970. doi: 10.2196/16970

Table 7.

Characteristics of patients and nursing records in the faller data set for detection of imminent precursors.

Faller data set All fallers >60 Nursing records ≤45 Nursing records
Learning data set



Patients, n 167 56 91

Gender, n




Female 78 32 38


Male 89 24 53

Age (years), mean (SD) 73.4 (12.9) 74.7 (11.2) 73.0 (12.7)

Nursing records, n 9094 5809 2231


Imminenta 1114 487 464


Not imminent 7980 5322 1767

Nursing records per patient, mean (SD) 54.5 (45.7) 103.8 (45.7) 24.5 (12.3)

Nursing record length, mean (SD) 5559.4 (1961.9) 5363.34 (1879.5) 5628.6 (2081.0)
Test data set



Patients, n 168 56 95

Gender, n




Female 78 21 48


Male 90 35 47

Age (years), mean (SD) 73.2 (12.8) 72.4 (12.9) 74.0 (14.2)

Nursing records, n 9813 6693 2239


Imminenta 984 424 463


Not imminent 8829 6269 1776

Nursing records per patient, mean (SD) 58.4 (54.1) 119.5 (51.9) 23.6 (12.6)

Nursing record length, mean (SD) 5522.9 (2005.8) 5022.2 (2187.5) 5662.8 (1890.6)

aNursing records registered within seven days before a fall.