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Table 3 Incidence rates and ratio

From: Prevention of hip fractures in older adults residing in long-term care facilities with a hip airbag: a retrospective pilot study

 

Control

Run-in

Intervention

Effectiveness

  

Incidence rate/py (95%CI)

Incidence rate ratio (95%CI)

Falls

2.1 (2.0—2.2)

2.0 (1.9–2.1)

1.8 (1.7–1.9)a

0.88 (0.83–0.93)

  

Incidence rate/100py (95%CI)

Incidence rate ratio (95%CI)

Hip fractures

2.9 (2.1–3.9)

1.5 (0.6–3.1)

1.6 (1.0–2.5)

0.56 (0.34–0.92)

Pelvic fractures

0.4 (0.2–0.9)

0.2 (0.02–1.2)

0.2 (0.03–0.05)

0.46 (0.11–1.92)

Hip + pelvic fractures

3.3 (2.4–4.4)

1.7 (0.8–3.4)

1.8 (1.2–2.7)

0.55 (0.34–0.87)

Other fractures

1.4 (0.9–2.2)

1.2 (0.5–2.7)

0.9 (0.5–1.6)

0.72 (0.37–1.40)

  1. IRR for the Intervention and Run-in study period in comparison to the control period
  2. arestricted up to 01–01-2020, due to availability of fall data until this date