Table 1 Characteristics of services (denominator is 231 unless otherwise stated)
From: A national survey of services for the prevention and management of falls in the UK
| Â | Â | Number (%) N = 231 |
|---|---|---|
Location | Urban | 142 (61%) |
| Â | Rural | 48 (21%) |
| Â | Mixed | 41 (18%) |
Base | Primary care | 2 (1%) |
| Â | Emergency department | 5 (2%) |
| Â | Intermediate care hospital | 5 (2%) |
| Â | Community (social services or other) | 7 (3%) |
| Â | Acute hospital (excluding E.D.) | 105 (45%) |
| Â | Community hospital | 107 (46%) |
Referral | Health/social care professional | 143 (62%) |
| Â | Self-referral | 78 (34%) |
| Â | Doctor only | 8 (3%) |
| Â | Other | 5 (2%) |
| Â | Missing | 2 (1%) |
Eligibility Criteria (not mutually exclusive) | None | 18 (8%) |
| Â | Falls, near falls or fear of falling | 170 (74%) |
| Â | Screening tool (own unpublished) | 89 (39%) |
| Â | Age | 82 (35%) |
| Â | Use of 3 or more medications | 58 (25%) |
| Â | Screening tool (published) | 52 (23%) |
Age | Over 60 years only | 145 (63%) |
| Â | All people over 15 | 82 (35%) |
| Â | Missing | 4 (2%) |
Staffing structure | Multi-disciplinary (MDT) | 212 (92%) |
| Â | Single discipline | 18 (8%) |
| Â | Missing | 1 (< 1%) |
|  | MDT included physiotherapist†| 187 (88%) |
|  | MDT included nurse†| 163 (77%) |
|  | MDT included OT†| 162 (76%) |
|  | MDT included doctor†| 123 (58%) |
|  | MDT included physiotherapist, nurse, OT and doctor†| 70 (33%) |