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Table 1 Characteristics of the 260 participants who provided consent to access medical records

From: Injuries from falls by older adults in long-term care captured on video: Prevalence of impacts and injuries to body parts

 

Baseline value of residents with falls on video (n = 260)

Residents without injuries in any fall on video (n = 86)

Residents with injuries in all falls on video (n = 62)

Residents with and without injuries from falls on video (n = 112)

P*

Demographics and health status

 Age, mean (SD)a

84.1 (7.8)

84.1 (7.8)

85.1 (8.1)

83.7 (7.4)

.544

 Female, n (%)b

149 (57.3)

46 (53.5)

34 (54.8)

69 (61.6)

.469

 Height (cm), mean (SD)

163.2 (10.8)

163.4 (9.4)

164.9 (11.6)

162.0 (11.2)

.246

 Body mass (kg), mean (SD)

62.5 (16.0)

63.7 (15.8)B

67.9 (17.8)B

58.4 (13.9)A

 < .001

 BMI (kg/m2), mean (SD)

23.4 (5.2)

23.7 (5.3)AB

25.0 (5.9)B

22.2 (4.5)A

.003

 Dependent ADLc performance, n (%)

149 (57.3)

52 (60.5)

31 (50.0)

66 (58.9)

.402

 Moderate to severe cognitive impairment d, n (%)

176 (67.7)

61 (71.8)

33 (53.2)*

81 (72.3)

.022

Disease diagnoses, n (%)

 Diabetes

60 (23.1)

17 (19.8)

17 (27.4)

26 (23.2)

.551

 Cardiac dysrhythmia

15 (5.8)

4 (4.7)

6 (9.7)

5 (4.5)

.318

 Congestive heart failure

20 (7.7)

8 (9.3)

6 (9.7)

6 (5.4)

.468

 Hypertension

129 (49.6)

38 (44.2)

39 (62.9)

52 (46.4)

.054

 Hypotension

12 (4.6)

2 (2.3)

5 (8.1)

5 (4.5)

.259

 Alzheimer’s disease

66 (25.3)

24 (27.9)

8 (12.9)*

34 (30.4)

.033

 Stroke

39 (15.0)

18 (20.9)

7 (11.3)

14 (12.5)

.166

 Parkinson’s disease

10 (3.8)

4 (4.7)

2 (3.2)

4 (3.6)

.888

 Emphysema / COPDe

30 (11.5)

11 (12.8)

6 (9.7)

12 (11.6)

.842

Use of medications, n (%)

 Antipsychotics

106 (40.8)

33 (38.4)

22 (35.5)

51 (45.5)

.372

 Antianxiety agents

48 (18.5)

17 (19.8)

8 (12.9)

23 (20.5)

.430

 Antidepressants

125 (48.1)

40 (46.5)

32 (51.6)

53 (47.3)

.810

 Hypnotics

54 (20.8)

21 (24.4)

13 (21.0)

20 (17.8)

.529

 Diuretics

51 (19.6)

18 (20.9)

17 (27.4)

16 (14.3)

.105

 Analgesics

129 (49.6)

38 (44.2)

37 (59.7)

54 (48.2)

.164

  1. *statistical comparisons between the resident injury groups (without injuries, with injuries, mix of injury and no injuries) were performed with Chi-square tests for categorical variables, and a 1-way ANOVA for age (continuous variable). Where significant main effects were identified, pairwise comparisons between residents without injuries, residents with injuries, and residents with and without injuries caught on video, were performed
  2. aAge data were available for the entire sample of 658 residents; the mean (SD) resident age was 84.0 (8.1) years
  3. bSex data were available for the entire sample of 658 residents; fall data from 372 women (56.4%) were analysed
  4. cADL – “Activities of Daily Living”; scores of 0–2 were classified as “independent”; scores of 3–6 were classified as “dependent” on care staff
  5. dCPS – “Cognitive Performance Scale”; scores of 0–2 were classified as “intact to mild cognitive impairment”; scores of 3–6 were classified as “moderate to severe cognitive impairment”
  6. eCOPD – “Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease”
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BMC Geriatrics

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