Table 2 Patient characteristics stratified by group (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
Decline to participate in the ED (1) | Decline to participate after telephone contact (2) | Participants (3) | Statistics | Post hoc | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1–2 | 1–3 | 2–3 | ||||||
Number of participants | 106 | 130 | 141 | / | ||||
Age, years (mean ± SD) | 78.6 ± 11.1 | 79.7 ± 9.3 | 76.7 ± 9.0 | 0.019 | 0.494 | 0.183 | 0.020 | |
Sex, n (males/females) | 35/71 | 49/81 | 50/91 | 0.757 | / | / | / | |
Place of birth, n (Germany/Other (missing)) | 38/7 (61) | 56/10 (64) | 81/6 (54) | 0.185 | / | / | / | |
Level of care, n (No/Yes (missing)) | 56/31 (19) | 54/49 (27) | 91/35 (15) | 0.008 | 0.097 | 0.223 | 0.002 | |
Living status, n (independent/ care home (missing)) | 64/15 (27) | 89/20 (21) | 120/4 (17) | < 0.001 | 0.993 | < 0.001 | < 0.001 | |
Presentation to ED, n | Self-presentation | 44 | 40 | 73 | 0.005 | 0.131 | 0.157 | 0.001 |
Ambulance | 61 | 86 | 68 | |||||
Missing | 1 | 4 | 0 | |||||
Education, n | Low | 34 | 65 | 62 | 0.001 | 0.010 | 0.005 | 0.132 |
Middle | 24 | 19 | 28 | |||||
High | 2 | 11 | 25 | |||||
Missing | 46 | 35 | 26 | |||||