Fall incidents unraveled: a series of 26 video-based real-life fall events in three frail older persons

BMC Geriatrics

Table 1 Baseline characteristics of participants

Characteristics	Participant A	Participant B	Participant C
Age (years)	95	95	85
Place of residence	ALR	RCR	ALR
Hospitalization last 3 months	No	No	Yes
Number of drugs	13	12	9
Use of high-risk drugs^*	Yes	Yes	Yes
Use of walking aid	Walking frame	Rollator	Rollator
Vision	Visually impaired	Glasses	Glasses
Hearing	Partly deaf	Hard of hearing	Hard of hearing
Fell in past year	Yes	Yes	Yes
TRST (range 0–5)	3	3	5
TUGT (sec.)	24	32	37
ADL (range 6–24)	10	13	16
IADL (range 8–32)	21	27	26
GDS (range 0–10)	3	3	1
MMSE (range 0–30)	28	27	16
Call alarm	CAR	CAR	PCA

ALR = assisted living room; RCR = residential care room; TRST = Flemish version of the Triage Risk Screening Tool (score ≥2 indicating at risk for functional decline)¹⁹; TUGT = Timed Up & Go Test (score ≥10 seconds indicating at risk for falls and fractures)²⁰; ADL = Katz Index of Activities of Daily Living & IADL = Instrumental Activities of Daily Living (higher scores indicating more dependency)^21–22; GDS = Geriatric Depression Scale (score >4 indicating at risk for depression)²³; MMSE = Mini-Mental State Examination (score <24 indicating cognitive decline)²⁴; CAR = call alarm in the room; PCA = wireless personal call alarm; ^*Drugs rated as high-risk for falls e.g. psychotropics, antidepressants, diuretics.

ISSN: 1471-2318