Table 1 Patient characteristics stratified by group (total admissions, decline to participate in the ED, decline to participate telephone contact, participants)
From: Recruiting patients for falls prevention in the emergency department – worth the challenge
total admissions | decline to participate in the ED | decline to participate after telephone contact | participants | Statistics | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Number of participants | 1141 | 106 | 130 | 141 | / | |
Age, years (mean ± SD) | 78.2 ± 10.5 | 78.6 ± 11.1 | 79.7 ± 9.3 | 76.7 ± 9.0 | 0.076 | |
Sex, n (males/females) | 429/712 | 35/71 | 49/81 | 50/91 | 0.787 | |
Presentation to ED, n | Self-presentation | 486 | 44 | 40 | 73 | 0.011 |
Ambulance | 627 | 61 | 86 | 68 | ||
Missing | 28 | 1 | 4 | 0 | ||