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Fig. 3

From: The effect of an animation movie for inpatient fall prevention: a pilot study in an acute hospital

Fig. 3

Comparison of the frequency of patients’ fall experiences and fall incidents detected by nurses between pre- and post-intervention survey periods. a The number of total patient respondents was 302 pre-intervention and 267 post-intervention. The percentage of patients’ fall experiences or fall likelihood significantly decreased from 15.6 (n = 47) to 8.6 % (n = 23) on comparing the pre- and post-intervention survey periods, respectively (p <0.05). In the group of patients aged >65 years (pre; n = 168 and post; n = 119), fall experiences or fall likelihood also significantly decreased from 19.0 (n = 32) to 7.6 % (n = 9) (p < 0.01); however, it did not change in the group of patients under the age of 65. (b) The number of patients who responded was 298 and 267 in the pre- and post-intervention surveys, respectively. The percentage of fall incidents detected by nurses decreased from 4.4 (n = 13) to 1.9 % (n = 5). In those aged >65 years (pre; n = 165 and post; n = 120), it decreased from 7.3 (n = 12) to 1.9 % (n = 4) with no statistical significance, whereas it did not change in those aged >65 years. (c) Percentage of patients’ fall experiences in each subclass clustered by attitude toward “self-estimation of physical ability” and “anxiety feeling in hospital”. In the group of patients with attitude toward “adequate/under-estimation”, it decreased from 17.0 % (n = 34) in the pre-intervention survey period to 8.9 % (n = 17) post-intervention (p <0.05); the total number of patients in this subclass was 200 in the pre-intervention survey, and 192 post-intervention. Similarly, in the group of patients with attitudes toward “much anxiety feeling”, it was reduced from 35.6 (n = 21) to 9.4 % (n = 13) in the post-intervention survey period (p < 0.01), while the total number in each clustered subclass was 59 in the pre-intervention survey and 139 post-intervention

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