Table 3 Types of recommendations and follow through with recommendations for fallers and non-fallers

Total number of recommendations

359

179

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—

Total follow through with recommendations

220 (61.3)

100 (55.9)

0.05 [-0.03, 0.14]

0.23

No recommendations

11 (8.7)

5 (6.4)

0.02 [-0.05, 0.1]

0.56

Balance recommendation

54 (42.5)

27 (34.6)

0.08 [-0.05, 0.21]

0.26

 Balance follow through ^a

31 (58.4)

15 (57.7)

0.008 [-0.22, 0.24]

0.95

Vision recommendation

29 (22.8)

18 (23.1)

0.002 [-0.12, 0.12]

0.97

 Vision follow through ^a

25 (86.2)

12 (75.0)

0.11 [-0.13, 0.36]

0.35

Fear of falling recommendation

31 (24.4)

8 (10.3)

0.14 [0.04, 0.24]

0.01*

 Fear of falling follow through ^a

7 (23.3)

2 (25.0)

− 0.02 [-0.35, 0.32]

0.92

Home hazards recommendation

83 (65.4)

44 (56.4)

0.09 [-0.05, 0.23]

0.20

 Home hazards follow through ^a

46 (56.8)

17 (41.5)

0.15 [-0.03, 0.34]

0.11

Sensation recommendation

92 (72.4)

55 (70.5)

0.02 [-0.11, 0.15]

0.77

 Sensation follow through ^a

55 (61.8)

32 (60.4)

0.01 [-0.15, 0.18]

0.87

Medication recommendation

70 (55.1)

27 (34.6)

0.21 [0.07, 0.34]

0.004**

 Medication follow through ^a

56 (82.4)

22 (91.7)

− 0.09 [-0.24, 0.05]

0.27