Implementation fidelity of a multifactorial in-hospital fall prevention program and its association with unit systems factors: a single center, cross-sectional study

Table 2 Characteristics of high and low fidelity wards

	Overall [IQR]	High Fidelity Wards [IQR]	Low Fidelity Wards [IQR]
N	19	10	9
Median Age [years]	68 [61; 70]	70 [68; 70]	62 [58; 68]
Mean Length of Stay [days]	8.4 [7.3; 9.4]	9 [8.5; 10.2]	6.7 [4.9; 7.9]
Mean Number of Cases treated	669 [490.5; 826.5]	751.5 [522; 896.8]	649 [486; 678]
Mean Bed Occupancy [%]	88.8 [84.4; 97.3]	93.4 [88.2; 97.4]	85.6 [73.0; 89.8]
Mean Care Dependency [10–40 points] at admission	35.4 [34.3; 37.1]	35.3 [34.8; 36.2]	35.9 [34.3; 38.1]
Mean proportion of Patients with Fall risk [%]	59 [42.5; 62.6]	59.6 [58.2; 62.6]	55.2 [29.2; 62.2]
Mean Number of Falls per 1000 Patient Days	4.4 [2.4; 6.1]	6.1 [3.9; 7.7]	2.5 [2.0; 4.4]
Mean Severity of Fall-Related Injury [0–3 points]	0.4 [0.3; 0.7]	0.5 [0.4; 0.6]	0.3 [0.2; 0.8]
Mean Number of Patients with Delirium Risk [%]	14.6 [8.9; 21.6]	20.2 [15.1; 21.9]	7 [3.9; 11.9]
Mean Number of Transfers per Patient Case	2.6 [2.4; 2.8]	2.7 [2.7; 2.9]	2.4 [2.2; 2.5]

High-fidelity wards=those that reported median or higher StuPA fidelity (≥ 81%); Low-fidelity wards=those that reported below-median StuPa fidelity (<81%). The care dependency score [10-40 points] is defined on a continuum: 10 points=totally dependent; 40 points=totally independent patient. For the Injury Severity Score [0-3 points], 0 points=no fall-related injuries; 3 points= every fall resulted in severe fall-related injuries

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