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

Safety in Health

Table 1 Falls per year^* and related characteristics

	Year	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013
Total number of falls		524	495	517	574	579
Fall rate per 1000 beds per day		1.85	1.75	1.81	1.96	2.02
Age	0–64 yrs	200	166	194	207	179
	(%)	38.1	33.6	37.5	36.1	30.9
	over 65 yrs	324	329	323	367	400
	(%)	61.9	66.4	62.5	63.9	69.1
Sex ratio (Female/Male)		0.69	0.69	1.00	0.84	0.68
Number of injuries		8	5	6	7	8
Fall risk assessment level of 2 and 3† (%)		85.3	87.4	86.5	86.1	–‡
Experience of fall before admission (%)		42.6	39.7	41.8	39.7	–‡

^*The Japanese business year is defined from April to March
†In our assessment score system, level 2 indicates a moderately high risk of falling, and level 3 indicates extremely high-risk patients. Patients at level 1 have a low risk
‡This data was not retrieved for this business year

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