Descriptive statistics for falls on sports flooring and regular flooring
| Sports flooring | Regular flooring | Missing (%) | |
| n falls | 164 | 573 | |
| Age (m (SD)) | 87.28 (6.05) | 86.49 (6.38) | 2.8 |
| Women (n (%))* | 81 (49.7) | 392 (68.4) | 0.1 |
| BMI (kg/m2) (m (SD)) | 24.42 (4.25) | 24.60 (4.59) | 25.1 |
| Visual impairment (n (%)) | 68 (56.7) | 309 (57.1) | 10.3 |
| Sedatives/tranquillisers/neuroleptics (n (%)) | 79 (50.3) | 235 (42.1) | 3.0 |
| Antidepressants (n (%))* | 84 (53.5) | 176 (31.5) | 3.0 |
| Cognitive impairment (n (%))* | 48 (41.7) | 287 (65.8) | 25.2 |
| Walking ability (n (%))* | 14.5 | ||
| Safe walker | 35 (29.4) | 127 (24.9) | |
| Unsafe walker | 61 (51.3) | 338 (66.1) | |
| Non-walker | 23 (19.3) | 46 (9.0) | |
| Injured (n (%)) | 41 (25.0) | 169 (29.5) | 0.0 |
| Injury severity (n (%))* | 0.1 | ||
| None | 123 (75.0) | 404 (70.6) | 0.1 |
| Minor | 24 (14.6) | 133 (23.3) | |
| Moderate | 13 (7.9) | 21 (3.7) | |
| Severe | 4 (2.4) | 13 (2.3) | |
| Death | 0 (0.0) | 1 (0.2) | |
| Location (n (%)) | 0.0 | ||
| Bathroom | 0 (0.0) | 126 (22.0) | |
| Corridor | 0 (0.0) | 79 (13.8) | |
| Dining room/common area | 0 (0.0) | 147 (25.7) | |
| Bedroom/apartment | 164 (100.0) | 221 (38.6) | |
| Activity (n (%))* | 0.0 | ||
| Falls from sitting/lying height | 11 (6.7) | 35 (6.1) | |
| Falls when transferring between bed and wheelchair | 28 (17.1) | 92 (16.1) | |
| Falls from standing height | 30 (18.3) | 134 (23.4) | |
| Fall when walking from and to bed | 39 (23.8) | 86 (15.0) | |
| Unknown | 56 (34.1) | 226 (39.4) | |
| Hip protector (n (%))* | 1 (4.2) | 76 (31.3) | 63.8 |
| Time of day (n (%))* | |||
| 10:00–14:00 | 16 (9.8) | 121 (21.1) | 0.0 |
| 02:00–06:00 | 33 (20.1) | 52 (9.1) | |
| 14:00–18:00 | 25 (15.2) | 139 (24.3) | |
| 06:00–10:00 | 31 (18.9) | 73 (12.7) | |
| 18:00–22:00 | 21 (12.8) | 115 (20.1) | |
| Unknown | 38 (23.2) | 73 (12.7) |
*Differs significantly (p<0.05) between falls on sports floors and falls on regular floors according to Χ2 tests.
BMI, body mass index.