Descriptive statistics for all participants and fallers with at least one fall, intervention unit compared with control units
| All participants (n=193) | Fallers (n=136) | |||||
| Unit with sports flooring | Unit with regular flooring | Missing (%) | Unit with sports flooring | Unit with regular flooring | Missing (%) | |
| Participants | 106 | 87 | 73 | 67 | ||
| Age at baseline (m (SD)) | 86.34 (7.30) | 85.10 (9.06) | 3.6 | 85.34 (7.68) | 85.37 (8.34) | 5.0 |
| Women (n (%)) | 67 (63.8) | 57 (66.3) | 1.0 | 44 (61.1) | 48 (71.6) | 0.7 |
| BMI (kg/m2) (m (SD)) | 24.40 (4.27) | 23.49 (4.54) | 29.5 | 25.16 (4.15) | 23.73 (4.49) | 30.0 |
| Visual impairment (n (%)) | 54 (54.0) | 46 (56.1) | 5.7 | 37 (53.6) | 32 (51.6) | 6.4 |
| Sedatives/tranquillisers/neuroleptics (n (%)) | 58 (56.9) | 41 (50.0) | 4.7 | 41 (58.6) | 27 (43.5) | 5.7 |
| Antidepressants (n (%)) | 37 (36.3) | 19 (23.2) | 4.7 | 29 (41.4) | 16 (25.8) | 5.7 |
| Cognitive impairment (n (%)) | 51 (51.0) | 48 (64.0) | 9.3 | 34 (50.0) | 35 (63.6) | 12.1 |
| Walking ability (n (%))* | 8.8 | 11.4 | ||||
| Safe walker | 38 (37.6) | 24 (32.0) | 28 (40.6) | 19 (34.5) | ||
| Unsafe walker | 30 (29.7) | 40 (53.3) | 26 (37.7) | 32 (58.2) | ||
| Non-walker | 33 (32.7) | 11 (14.7) | 15 (21.7) | 4 (7.3) | ||
| History of falls (n (%))* | 46 (48.9) | 57 (72.2) | 10.4 | 36 (55.4) | 45 (76.3) | 11.4 |
| Fallen at least once during the study (n (%)) | 73 (68.9) | 67 (77.0) | 0 | 73 (100.0) | 67 (100.0) | 0 |
| Number of falls (n, range, mean (SD)) | 323, 0–59, 3.05 (6.31) | 414, 0–54, 4.76 (8.45) | 0 | 323, 1–59, 4.42 (7.20) | 414, 1–54, 6.18 (9.18) | 0 |
| Suffered a fall injury at least once during the study (n (%)) | 46 (43.4) | 41 (47.1) | 0 | 46 (63.0) | 41 (61.2) | 0 |
| Number of fall injuries (n, range, mean (SD)) | 95, 0–16, 0.90 (1.89) | 115, 0–17, 1.32 (2.37) | 0 | 95, 0–16, 1.30 (2.16) | 115, 0–17, 1.72 (2.58) | 0 |
| Bed-days (n, range, mean (SD)) | 90 735, 45–1460, 856 (520) | 85 718, 62–1460, 985 (502) | 0 | 65 837, 107–1460, 902 (517) | 71 403, 161–1460, 1065 (435) | 0 |
*Differs significantly (p<0.05) between intervention and control groups according to Χ2 tests.
BMI, body mass index.