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Table 4 Methods of summarising injurious fall outcomes

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

Data reported

Articles n (%)

Reference

Number of participants sustaining injurious falls

17 (41%)

[36, 38, 40, 41, 47, 51, 53, 55, 59, 63, 65–67, 70, 72, 73, 76]

   Sustaining medical care falls

5 (12%)

[53, 59, 69, 74, 75]

   Sustaining fracture falls

11 (27%)

[40–44, 46, 47, 53, 55, 69, 75]

Number of injurious falls

17 (41%)

[43, 46, 48, 49, 52, 54, 55, 58, 59, 61, 63, 64, 67, 68, 71, 73, 76]

   Medical care falls

11 (27%)

[38, 39, 56, 59, 61, 64, 66, 68, 74–76]

   Fracture falls

11 (27%)

[40, 42, 43, 45, 52, 58, 62, 64, 67, 71, 76]

   Falls requiring hospital admission

3 (7%)

[58, 59, 64]

Injury rate

4 (10%)

[40, 52, 54, 65]

Injurious fall rates

8 (20%)

[37–39, 56, 58, 61–63]

   Mean number of injurious falls per participants

5 (12%)

[37, 40, 49, 63, 67]

   Injurious falls/person time

11 (27%)

[40]1 ,[54]1, [62]5, [38]4,[61]2,[63]4,[68]4,[58]4,[52]4,[2]2,[39]4

Serious injury/person time

3 (7%)

[37, 38, 63]2

   Moderate injury/person time

2 (5%)

[37, 38]2

   Medical care falls/person time

1 (2%)

[56, 68]4

   Soft tissue/person time

1 (2%)

[52]1

   Hip fracture/person time

2 (5%)

[40, 52]1

   Other fracture/person time

2 (5%)

[40, 52]1

Time to injurious fall event

4 (10%)

[43, 48, 57, 76]

  1. Methods of fall documentation used in the articles. n = number of studies; calculation of percentages: number of articles used a specific method/total number of articles * 100; 1number/1000 persons year; 2number/persons year; 3number/10 persons year; 4number/100 persons year