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 5 OR of fall-related injuries in older inpatients

Variables		No or minor injury (n = 125)	Moderate or serious injury (n = 28)	χ2	P value	OR	95%CI
Nursing adverse events level	Vulnerabilities or no adverse events	111	4	68.039	< 0.001	47.571	14.392–157.247
	Adverse events	14	24
With hypoglycemic drugs	Yes	21	10	5.065	0.024	2.751	1.114–6.795
	No	104	18
With bed rails	Yes	87	14	3.917	0.048	0.437	0.190–1.005
	No	38	14
Fall at the edge of the bed	Yes	53	6	4.369	0.037	0.365	0.138–0.964
	No	72	22
Falling risk	No or low risk	16	1	6.497	0.039
	Moderate risk	58	20			5.517	0.687–44.306
	High risk	51	7			2.196	0.251–19.219

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