TABLE 1.

Incidence Rate of In-Hospital Falls Between January and May 2019 and the 2020 COVID-19 Epidemic

Period*	Fall-Related Variables
	January–May 2019			In-Hospital Patients’ Visitors and Caregivers Regulation†	January–May 2020			P
	Falls	Inpatient Days	Falls/1000 Patient Days		Falls	Inpatient Days	Falls/1000 Patient Days
January 1–26	5	7089	0.71	No limitation on visitors and caregivers	7	6437	1.09	0.022*
January 27–February 26	5	7742	0.65	Only 2 visitors together with one caregiver allowed into the hospital	8	7807	1.02
February 27–March 24	2	7368	0.27	2 visiting hours per day restricted	10	6176	1.62
March 25–May 27	9	28,762	0.31	No visitors allowed	20	15,853	1.26
Total	21	50,961	0.41		45	36,273	1.24

*t-test, P < 0.05.

^†Divided based on the restriction of caregivers and visiting announced by National Health Commander Center (NHCC) of Taiwan.