Incidence and clinical characteristics of fall-related injuries among older inpatients at a tertiary grade a hospital in Shandong province from 2018 to 2020

Table 4 Analysis of related factors of recurrent falling in older inpatients

Variables		Recurrent fallers (n = 20)	Single fallers(n = 133)	χ2	P value
With cerebrovascular disease	Yes	8	16	8.278	0.004
	No	12	115
Hypoglycemic drugs	Yes	8	23	4.232	0.040
	No	12	110
Falling risk	No or low or moderate risk	1	94	31.860	< 0.001
	High risk	19	39
Fall times in 3 months	< 3	12	133	48.353	< 0.001
	≥ 3	8	0
Primary nurses positional title	Nurse or senior nurse	7	82	5.076	0.024
	Supervisor nurse	13	51
Primary nurses grading	N0 or N1 or N2	10	103	6.781	0.009
	N3	10	30

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