Hip protector user status by the end of the registration period for the individual resident
| User status | No (%) women | No (%) men | No (%) total |
|---|---|---|---|
| *Of 268 users 90 could not be registered for 12 months because they became users when the intervention period had less than 12 months remaining. They were therefore censored. | |||
| †Censored in the Kaplan-Meier method and in the Cox regression method (see fig 1 and table 4). | |||
| Continued user of the hip protector at the end of the intervention* | 194 (44) | 71 (41) | 265 (43) |
| Terminated use of hip protector in or before the 12th month because of unwanted side effects, distaste, difficulties with clothing, or simply “will not” | 125 (28) | 47 (27) | 172 (28) |
| Deceased before the 12th month† | 53 (12) | 27 (15) | 80 (13) |
| Moved before the 12th month† | 34 (8) | 14 (8) | 48 (8) |
| Not of current interest because of lower level of functioning as in great need of care† | 37 (8) | 16 (9) | 53 (9) |
| The total number of residents that had accepted the offer of hip protectors | 443 (100) | 175 (100) | 618 (100) |