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Table 2 Methods of collecting injurious falls data

From: Definitions and methods of measuring and reporting on injurious falls in randomised controlled fall prevention trials: a systematic review

Ref.

Prospective

Retrospective

Medical record

 

Method

Recording

Reporting

  

Fracture definition

[40]

Calendar

daily

not specified

-

Radiological

[44]

Calendar

weekly

not specified

Postal Questionnaire

-

[41]

Diary

after fall

every three weeks

-

Hospital, Other4

[45]

Calendar

daily

monthly

Phone1,2

-

[42]

Diary

daily

Every two month

Phone3

Radiological

[43]

Calendar

daily

monthly

Phone1,2

Radiological

AIS definition

[46]

not specified

daily

after fall

-

Hospital

[47]

-

-

-

-

Hospital

[48]

Diary

daily

monthly

Phone3

-

FICSIT definition

[56]

Calendar

daily

monthly

Phone1,2

-

[57]

Calendar

daily

monthly

Phone3

Hospital, Other4

[58]

-

-

-

-

Hospital, Radiological, Other4

[59]

Calendar

daily

monthly

Phone1,2

-

Campbell et al. Definition

[36]

Calendar

daily

monthly

Phone1,2

Hospital

[60]

Calendar

daily

monthly

Phone1,2

Hospital

[38]

Calendar

daily

monthly

Phone2

Other4

[37]

Calendar

daily

monthly

Phone1,2

-

[61]

Calendar

daily

monthly

Phone2

Hospital, Other4

[39]

Calendar

daily

monthly

Phone1,2

-

Health care use definition

[71]

-

-

-

-

Hospital, Other

[70]

Diary

daily

monthly

Phone1,2

-

[72]

Calendar

weekly

monthly

Phone1,2

-

[73]

Calendar

daily

monthly

Phone3

-

[74]

-

-

-

Phone3

-

[75]

Diary

daily

After 3,6 and twelve month

Phone3

-

[76]

Diary

daily

monthly

Phone3

Hospital

Other definitions

[50]

-

-

-

Phone1, Postal Questionnaire

-

[49]

Calendar

daily

monthly

Phone1,2

-

[51]

Postcard

weekly

monthly

Phone1

-

[52]

-

-

-

-

Hospital, Radiological, Other4

[53]

Diary

daily

monthly

-

-

[54]

Calendar

daily

monthly

Phone1,2

-

[55]

Calendar

daily

monthly

Phone3

-

[62]

Diary

daily

monthly

Phone2,3

-

[63]

Calendar

daily

monthly

-

Radiological

[64]

Calendar, Postcard

daily

every three month, after fall

Phone2, 3

-

[65]

-

-

-

Phone3

Hospital, Other4

[66]

Calendar

daily

every three month

-

Hospital, Other4

[67]

Diary

daily

every two weeks

Phone1

-

[68]

Calendar

daily

monthly

-

-

[69]

Postcard

-

monthly

Phone1

-

Method applied in n (%5)of studies:

Calendar:

n = 22 (54%)

Postcard:

n = 3 (7%)

Diary:

n = 9 (22%)

not specified:

n = 1 (2%)

not applied (-):

n = 7 (17%)

daily:

n = 29 (71%)

weekly:

n = 3 (7%)

after fall:

n = 1 (2%)

not applied (-): n = 8 (20%)

weekly:

n = 2 (5%)

monthly:

n = 29 (71%)

after fall:

n = 2 (5%)

not specified:

n = 2 (5%)

not applied (-): n = 7 (17%)

Phone: n = 29 (71%)

Postal Questionnaire: n = 2 (5%)

not applied(-): n = 11 (27%)

Radiological:

n = 6 (15%)

Hospital:

n = 13 (32%)

Other:

n = 9 (22%)

not applied (-):

n = 23(56%)

  1. Given are the methods of collecting injurious falls data in the articles included in the review. n = number of studies; AIS = Abbreviated Injury Scale; FICSIT = Frailty and Injuries: Cooperative Studies of Intervention Techniques
  2. 1if calendar, diary, or postcard not returned; 2following occurrence of a fall; 3regular phone call; 4records from nursing homes, physicians or emergency departments; 5calculation of percentages: number of articles used a specific method/total number of articles * 100, percentages may sum up to more than 100 percent as some studies used multiple methods