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. 2022 Mar 1;22:278. doi: 10.1186/s12913-022-07620-3

Table 2.

Descriptive analysis of patient falls

All Pre-intervention Post-intervention P-value
Average falls/quarter rate (t-test) 6.01 5.80 P = 0.9
Average bed falls/ quarter rate (t-test) 1.1 1.27 0.91 P = 0.26
Average Age 77.05 77.4 76.7
Gender (male) 222 (60%) 132 (63%) 90 (67%)
Types of falls Bed/crib 68 44 24
Chair/wheel 45 17 28
Fainted 4 2 2
Lost balance 121 65 56
Lowered to floor during transfer 7 6 1
Other 35 29 6
Slipped 60 26 34
Toilet/commode 18 13 5
Transfer/transport 6 3 3
Tripped 6 4 2
Tub/shower 1 1 0
Total 371 210 161