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Table 2 Overview of participants’ characteristics

From: Hospital performance comparison of inpatient fall rates; the impact of risk adjusting for patient-related factors: a multicentre cross-sectional survey

Characteristics

Total participants (n = 35,998)

 

Median

IQR

Age (years)

70

23

Length of stay up to measurement (days)

4

7

 

n

% (95% CI)

Sex (female)

17,669

49.1 (48.6–49.6)

Care dependency (CDS)

 care independent (70–75)

19,247

53.5 (53.0–54.0)

 to a great extent independent (60–69)

8,807

24.5 (24.0–24.9)

 partially dependent (45–59)

5,218

14.5 (14.1–14.9)

 to a great extent dependent (25–44)

2,083

5.8 (5.5–6.0)

 completely dependent (15–24)

643

1.8 (1.7–1.9)

 Fall in the last 12 months (yes)

11,131

30.9 (30.4–31.4)

 Sedative/psychotropic medications intake (yes)

12,928

35.9 (35.4–36.4)

 Surgical procedure within 14 days prior to measurement (yes)

15,885

44.1 (43.6–44.6)

 ICD-10—Diseases of the circulatory system

20,447

56.8 (56.3–57.3)

 ICD-10—Diseases of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissue

14,626

40.6 (40.1–41.1)

 ICD-10—Endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases

12,617

35.0 (34.6–35.5)

 ICD-10—Diseases of the genitourinary system

11,387

31.6 (31.2–32.1)

 ICD-10—Diseases of the digestive system

9,672

26.9 (26.4–27.3)

 ICD-10—Diseases of the respiratory system

8,930

24.8 (24.4–25.3)

 ICD-10—Neoplasms

7,895

21.9 (21.5–22.4)

 ICD-10—Mental, behavioural and neurodevelopmental disorders

6,932

19.3 (18.9–19.7)

 ICD-10—Diseases of the blood and blood-forming organs

6,074

16.9 (16.5–17.3)

 ICD-10—Diseases of the nervous system

5,172

14.4 (14.0–14.7)

 ICD-10—Certain infectious and parasitic diseases

4,788

13.3 (13.0–13.7)

 ICD-10—Diseases of the skin and subcutaneous tissue

2,874

8.0 (7.7–8.3)

 ICD-10—Factors influencing health status and contact with health services

2,513

7.0 (6.7–7.2)

 ICD-10—Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes

2,377

6.6 (6.4–6.9)

 ICD-10—Diseases of the eye and adnexa

2,241

6.2 (6.0–6.5)

 ICD-10—Symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings

1,974

5.5 (5.3–5.7)

 ICD-10—Diseases of the ear and mastoid process

959

2.7 (2.5–2.8)

 ICD-10—External causes of morbidity

618

1.7 (1.6–1.9)

  1. IQR interquartile range, 95% CI 95% confidence interval, CDS Care Dependency Scale, ICD-10 International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems 10th Revision, the ICD-10 diagnosis groups “Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities”, “Pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium” and “Certain conditions originating in the perinatal period” were assigned in less than 1% of the cases and were therefore not included in the analyses