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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 Dec 1.
Published in final edited form as: Ann Emerg Med. 2020 Aug 25;76(6):739–750. doi: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2020.07.025

Table 1.

Participant Characteristics by Study Arm

Characteristic Study arm
Usual care (n=55) Intervention (n=55)
N (%) N (%)
Gender
 Female 37 67 37 67
 Male 18 33 18 33
Ethnicity1
 Hispanic/Latino 2 4 0 0
 non-Hispanic/non-Latino 53 96 54 100
Race
 White 54 98 51 93
 Black 0 0 2 4
 American Indian/Alaskan Native 0 0 1 2
 White and Asian 0 0 1 2
 Other 1 2 0 0
Age (mean (SD)) 80.1 8.5 81.9 8.3
Education level2
 Grades 1 through 8 (Elementary/middle school) 3 6 4 8
 Grades 9 through 11 (Some high school) 7 14 4 8
 Grades 12 or GED (High school graduate) 21 41 18 36
 College 1 year to 3 years (Some college or technical school) 9 18 8 16
 College 4 years or more (College graduate) 11 22 16 32
Cognitive impairment (Six item screener score)3
 3 or less 8 15 10 20
 4 13 24 2 4
 5 17 31 20 39
 6 17 31 22 43
Number of falls in previous 3 months4
 0 25 45 29 57
 1 10 18 10 20
 2 10 18 5 10
 3 4 7 5 10
 4 1 2 2 4
 5 or more falls 5 9 3 6
Number of injurious falls in previous 3 months5
 No falls 25 45 29 57
 No injurious falls 16 29 15 29
 1 8 15 9 17
 2 4 7 1 2
 3 2 4 0 0
Injured during current fall6
 No 11 20 12 22
 Yes 44 80 42 78
Current use of assistive device7
 No 15 27 14 26
 Yes 40 73 40 74
Life-limiting comorbidities (Charlson comorbidity index)8
 0 10 18 11 20
 1 14 26 15 28
 2 13 24 16 30
 3 6 11 8 15
 4 4 7 4 7
 6 4 7 0 0
 7 3 6 0 0
Function (Activities of Daily Living (median (IQR) 18 16–20 18 15–20
1

1 intervention arm participant selected did not know

2

Data for 4 usual care participant and 5 intervention arm participants

3

Data for 1 intervention arm participant missing

4

Data for 1 intervention arm participant missing

5

Data for 1 intervention arm participant missing

6

Data for 1 intervention arm participant missing

7

Data for 1 intervention arm participant missing

8

All items of the CCI were missing for 1intervnetion and 1 usual care participant; 13 participants (8 usual care, 5 intervention) were missing 1 CCI item and 4 participants (all intervention) were missing 2 items. Data from these individuals is shown.