Table 2.
Falls Outcomes
Intervention (N = 1152) | Control (N = 1962) | Total (N = 3114) | Adjusted Rate Ratio (95% CI), p Value | |
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Falls, rate per 1000 participant bed days (95% CI) | 9.3 (7.0, 12.5) | 6.6 (4.9, 9.0) | 7.9 (6.8, 9.2) | 1.41 (0.85, 2.34), p = .192 |
N patients with falls | 130 | 128 | 258 | |
Injurious falls, rate per 1000 participant bed days (95% CI) | 2.5 (1.5, 4.1) | 2.8 (1.7, 4.5) | 2.6 (2.0, 3.3) | 0.90 (0.38, 2.14), p = .807 |
N patients with injurious falls | 50 | 52 | 102 | |
N serious falls | 8 | 4 | 12 | |
N patients with serious falls | 8 | 4 | 12 | |
Proportion of fallers, having 1 or more falls (95% CI) | 8.9 (6.8, 11.7) | 6.0 (4.5, 8.0) | 7.3 (6.3, 8.4) | OR = 1.54 (0.91, 2.61), p = .105 |
Note: OR = odds ratio.
Rates, proportions, and confidence intervals (CIs) are model-based estimates adjusted for ward, time period, and Charlson Comorbidity Index.