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

Table 2 Estimated probability of body part impacts: least square mean estimates, standard errors (SE), and pairwise comparisons

Body part	All falls, impact probability (SE) n = 2388	Resident age			Resident sex
Body part	All falls, impact probability (SE) n = 2388	Youngest half, impact probability (SE) n = 1197	Oldest half, impact probability (SE) n = 1191	P _Age	Men, impact probability (SE) n = 1029	Women, impact probability (SE) n = 1359	p_sex
Head	0.35 (0.01)^E n = 846	0.35 (0.01)^E n = 415	0.36 (0.01)^E n = 431	.787	0.30 (0.01)^E n = 301	0.40 (0.01)^D n = 545	< .001
Torso/ shoulder	0.79 (0.01)^B n = 1875	0.78 (0.01)^B n = 922	0.80 (0.01)^B n = 953	.186	0.78 (0.01)^B n = 786	0.80 (0.01)^B n = 1089	.153
Hip/ pelvis	0.95 (0.01)^A n = 2253	0.95 (0.01)^A n = 1127	0.95 (0.01)^A n = 1126	.984	0.94 (0.01)^A n = 957	0.96 (0.01)^A n = 1296	.427
Knee/ shin	0.44 (0.01)^D n = 1038	0.46 (0.01)^D n = 545	0.42 (0.01)^D n = 493	.032	0.48 (0.01)^D n = 481	0.41 (0.01)^D n = 557	< .001
Elbow/ forearm	0.78 (0.01)^B n = 1846	0.78 (0.01)^B n = 924	0.78 (0.01)^B n = 922	.928	0.77 (0.01)^B n = 785	0.78 (0.01)^B n = 1061	.620
Hand/ wrist	0.71 (0.01)^C n = 1668	0.73 (0.01)^C n = 860	0.68 (0.01)^C n = 808	.025	0.71 (0.01)^C n = 726	0.70 (0.01)^C n = 942	.347

Superscripts by impact probability (SE) values indicate statistical comparisons between body parts for the column of interest. Body parts that differed significantly (p < .05) in impact probability are denoted by different letters; body parts where the probability of impact did not differ significantly (p > .05) are indicated by the same letter. The letter sequence is from highest to lowest least-square means

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