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 |
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Patients, n | 167 | 56 | 91 | |
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Gender, n |
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Female | 78 | 32 | 38 |
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Male | 89 | 24 | 53 |
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Age (years), mean (SD) | 73.4 (12.9) | 74.7 (11.2) | 73.0 (12.7) | |
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Nursing records, n | 9094 | 5809 | 2231 | |
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Imminenta | 1114 | 487 | 464 |
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Not imminent | 7980 | 5322 | 1767 |
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Nursing records per patient, mean (SD) | 54.5 (45.7) | 103.8 (45.7) | 24.5 (12.3) | |
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Nursing record length, mean (SD) | 5559.4 (1961.9) | 5363.34 (1879.5) | 5628.6 (2081.0) | |
| Test data set |
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Patients, n | 168 | 56 | 95 | |
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Gender, n |
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Female | 78 | 21 | 48 |
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Male | 90 | 35 | 47 |
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Age (years), mean (SD) | 73.2 (12.8) | 72.4 (12.9) | 74.0 (14.2) | |
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Nursing records, n | 9813 | 6693 | 2239 | |
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Imminenta | 984 | 424 | 463 |
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Not imminent | 8829 | 6269 | 1776 |
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Nursing records per patient, mean (SD) | 58.4 (54.1) | 119.5 (51.9) | 23.6 (12.6) | |
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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.