Variable | Hospital | Residential care | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
OR†,‡ (95% CI) | p Value§ | OR† (95% CI) | p Value§ | |
Activity factors | ||||
Reaching in standing | 0.67 (0.34 to 1.31) | 0.251 | 2.64 (1.13 to 6.16) | 0.024* |
Rolling out of bed | 0.29 (0.10 to 0.78) | 0.015* | 0.86 (0.26 to 2.76) | 0.802 |
Sitting | 0.23 (0.08 to 0.62) | 0.004* | 0.40 (0.09 to 1.67) | 0.214 |
Walking | 1.96 (1.50 to 2.56) | <0.001* | 2.04 (1.27 to 3.27) | 0.003* |
Type of fall | ||||
Trip | 2.06 (1.32 to 3.22) | 0.001* | 3.88 (1.90 to 7.94) | <0.001* |
Slip | 0.70 (0.49 to 0.98) | 0.043* | 0.57 (0.27 to 1.20) | 0.143 |
Function factors | ||||
Resting | 0.40 (0.22 to 0.73) | 0.003* | 0.33 (0.10 to 1.05) | 0.062 |
Person factors | ||||
Age between 40 and 60 | 0.46 (0.27 to 0.78) | 0.004* | 0.29 (0.04 to 2.21) | 0.238 |
Age over 80 | 1.51 (1.16 to 1.96) | 0.002* | 1.27 (0.74 to 2.16) | 0.377 |
Male gender | 0.37 (0.28 to 0.50) | 0.000* | 0.67 (0.40 to 1.12) | 0.132 |
Spatial/environmental factors | ||||
Bedside | 0.63 (0.46 to 0.84) | 0.002* | 0.45 (0.14 to 1.44) | 0.179 |
Bedroom areas other than bedside | 1.36 (1.00 to 1.85) | 0.048* | 1.50 (0.93 to 2.42) | 0.091 |
Corridor/hallway | 2.39 (1.58 to 3.62) | 0.000* | 0.88 (0.38 to 2.02) | 0.770 |
Other areas—not classified | 1.24 (0.45 to 3.35) | 0.671 | 3.08 (1.11 to 8.55) | 0.031* |
Temporal factors | ||||
1600–1700 | 0.92 (0.43 to 1.97) | 0.844 | 2.12 (1.03 to 4.35) | 0.040* |
1900–2000 | 0.92 (0.41 to 2.07) | 0.848 | 2.86 (1.35 to 6.05) | 0.006* |
Other factors | ||||
Risk screened/assessed at admission | 0.66 (0.48 to 0.92) | 0.015* | 0.41 (0.16 to 1.04) | 0.061 |
*Significant variable (p equal to or less than 0.05).
†OR (95% CI).
‡Reference value for all comparisons using ORs are 1.00; each variable is compared against all other remaining variables within category. For example, within ‘Activity Factors’, odds for facture during falls while ‘reaching in standing’ are expressed as a ratio against odds for fracture after falls related to all other activity variables. Hospital and residential care results are presented in parallel but have been analysed separately.
§Significance level.