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Table 2 Outcome measures: fall events and injurious falls; fear and attitudes to falling; and quality of life measures

From: A feasibility study to prevent falls in older people who are sight impaired: the VIP2UK randomised controlled trial

 

Control (n = 13)

Home safety only (n = 15)

Home safety + Home exercise (n = 15)

Number of falls over 6 months

13

19

18

Annualiseda fall rate per person over follow-up period by self-report fall calendar method (95 % CIs)

1.58 (0.84–2.71)

2.32 (1.40–3.62)

2.22 (1.31–3.50)

Number (% of group) with ≥1 fall(s)

8 (50)

7 (44)

9 (53)

Number (% of group with ≥2 falls

3 (19)

5 (31)

3 (18)

Injurious falls – severity of injury (%)

 Serious injury

0

2 (10)

0

 Moderate injury

5 (38)

7 (37)

6 (33)

 Minor injury

1 (8)

4 (21)

3 (17)

 No injury

7 (54)

6 (32)

9 (50)

Injurious falls per person per year

 Serious

0 (0–0.45)

0.24 (0.03–0.88)

0.00 (0–0.45)

 Moderate

0.24 (0.03–0.88)

0.85 (0.34–1.76)

0.37 (0.08–1.08)

AFRIS Mean (SD)

 Baseline: strength and balance training

NA

33.38 (5.60)

32.06 (6.81)

 6-month follow-up: strength and balance training

NA

30.33 (6.90)

32.64 (4.97)

 Baseline: home safety improvements

NA

33.69 (5.76)

34.18 (3.94)

 6-month follow-up: home safety improvements

NA

32.33 (6.51)

33.14 (5.22)

Short FES-I Mean (SD)

 Baseline

11.13 (2.92)

11.56 (4.21)

14.41 (6.81)

 6-month follow-up

10.38 (2.02)

12.93 (5.64)

11.50 (4.70)

VCM1 Mean (SD)

 Baseline

2.29 (0.10)

2.21 (0.83)

2.19 (1.12)

 6-month follow-up

2.50 (0.84)

2.30 (0.75)

2.10 (1.19)

SF-12 Mean (SD)

 Baseline: physical

43.17 (13.47)

41.60 (10.09)

42.89 (10.79)

 6-month follow-up: physical

46.03 (11.39)

42.89 (9.10)

43.21 (8.61)

 Baseline: mental

48.71 (8.39)

51.41 (8.40)

49.70 (7.61)

 6-month follow-up: mental

46.72 (11.49)

48.87 (12.23)

54.35 (6.89)

  1. AFRIS, views about strength/balance and home safety. A higher score indicates an increased agreement about the benefits (range = 6–42)
  2. Short FES-I, this is a ‘fear of falling’ scale which measures concern about falling. A higher score indicates more concern (range = 7–28)
  3. VCM1, measures vision-related quality of life. A higher score suggests more concern about vision. (range = 0–5)
  4. SF-12, measures functional health and wellbeing. A higher score indicates better health (range 0–100)