Table 2
Incidence of fall events and follow-up times
| Separate intervention groups | Combined intervention groups | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home safety + exercise programmes (n=98) | Home safety programme alone (n=100) | Exercise programme alone (n=97) | Social visits alone (n=96) | Home safety programme (n=198) | No home safety programme (n=193) | Exercise programme (n=195) | No exercise programme (n=196) | |
| No of falls | 108 | 64 | 120 | 151 | 172 | 271 | 228 | 215 |
| Falls per person year | 1.17 | 0.65 | 1.30 | 1.65 | 0.90 | 1.47 | 1.23 | 1.13 |
| No (% of group) with ≥1 fall(s) | 47 (48) | 36 (36) | 47 (48) | 59 (61) | 83 (42) | 106 (55) | 94 (48) | 95 (48) |
| No (% of group) with ≥2 falls | 24 (24) | 16 (16) | 27 (28) | 29 (30) | 40 (20) | 56 (29) | 51 (26) | 45 (23) |
| No of injurious falls: | ||||||||
| Any | 61 | 39 | 53 | 65 | 100 | 118 | 114 | 104 |
| Serious | 11 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 21 | 8 | 15 | 14 |
| Moderate | 50 | 29 | 49 | 61 | 79 | 110 | 99 | 90 |
| Injurious falls per person year: | ||||||||
| Any | 0.66 | 0.40 | 0.57 | 0.71 | 0.53 | 0.64 | 0.62 | 0.55 |
| Serious | 0.12 | 0.10 | 0.04 | 0.04 | 0.11 | 0.04 | 0.08 | 0.07 |
| Moderate | 0.54 | 0.30 | 0.53 | 0.67 | 0.42 | 0.60 | 0.54 | 0.48 |
| No (%) of falls for which medical care sought | 30 (28) | 19 (30) | 32 (27) | 32 (21) | 49 (28) | 64 (24) | 62 (27) | 51 (24) |
| Mean (SD) follow-up (months) | 11.30 (2.27) | 11.77 (1.29) | 11.46 (2.17) | 11.41 (2.08) | 11.54 (1.85) | 11.44 (2.12) | 11.38 (2.22) | 11.60 (1.73) |
| Total follow-up (person years) | 92.24 | 98.12 | 92.63 | 91.31 | 190.36 | 183.94 | 184.87 | 189.43 |
