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Table 1 Comparison of included and excluded participants

From: The use and predictive performance of the Peninsula Health Falls Risk Assessment Tool (PH-FRAT) in 25 residential aged care facilities: a retrospective cohort study using routinely collected data

 

Included

(n = 5888)

Excluded

(n = 839)

P-value

Gender, n(%)

 Male

2006 (34.1)

316 (37.7)

0.038

 Female

3882 (65.9)

522 (62.3)

Age at admission, median (IQR)

86 (81–90)

86 (80–90)

0.352

Age at admission, mean (SD)

84.9 (7.7)

84.6 (8.2)

Age category in year, n (%)

 65–74

617 (10.5)

107 (12.7)

0.215

 75–84

1822 (30.9)

259 (30.9)

 85–94

2993 (50.8)

415 (49.5)

 ≥ 95

456 (7.8)

58 (6.9)

Country of birth, n (%)

 Australia

3737 (63.5)

437 (52.1)

< 0.001

 Other country

2151 (36.5)

402 (47.9)

Resident status at the end of the studya, n (%)

 Active

2390 (40.6)

591 (70.4)

< 0.001

 Deceased

3498 (59.4)

248 (29.6)

Resident type, n (%)

 Permanent admissionb

4794 (81.4)

331 (39.5)

< 0.001

 Respite admission only

1094 (18.6)

508 (60.5)

Selected health status, n (%)

 Dementia

3044 (51.7)

234 (27.9)

< 0.001

 Depression, mood and affective disorders

2479 (42.1)

177 (21.1)

< 0.001

 Cognitive impairment

1980 (33.6)

178 (21.2)

< 0.001

 Anxiety and stress-related disorders

1893 (32.2)

100 (11.9)

< 0.001

 Cerebrovascular accident

1494 (25.4)

129 (15.4)

< 0.001

 Diabetes mellitus

1331 (22.6)

159 (19.0)

0.017

 Visual impairment

984 (16.7)

74 (8.8)

< 0.001

 Delirium

593 (10.1)

33 (3.9)

< 0.001

 Parkinson’s disease

442 (7.5)

40 (4.8)

0.004

  1. χ2 was used to compare the categorical variables and the Wilcoxon rank-sum tests was used to compare the continuous variables respectively. aThe status of the 77 residents (same-day discharge or interim care) were recorded at the time of discharge or end of the follow-up period. bIncluded some residents who had respite admission before permanent admission