Sentence examples for lower fall rate from inspiring English sources

Exercise is an effective strategy for preventing falls in elderly people 37 and could therefore explain the lower fall rate in the stoic group.

Therefore, it seems that the lower fall rate in people with unduly low perceived fall risk, as seen in the stoics, is probably mediated through a positive outlook on life and maintained physical activity and community participation.

7, 10, 12, 14 Lower fall rates in these studies could result from participants' recall problems and their interpretation of a fall.

Although men and women did not differ in their rates of indoor falls (crude women-to-men RR: 1.05, 95% CI: 0.82-1.34), women reported significantly lower fall rates outdoors compared to men (0.72, 0.56-0.92), both inside (0.74, 0.56-0.98) and outside (0.68, 0.48-0.96) their own neighborhood.

It is also possible that although the sensors alerted, nurses were unable to respond to radio-pagers sufficiently quickly to avert falls and this is supported by findings from a recent U.S. study [ 27] which suggests faster 'nurse call light response time' may contribute to lower fall rates.

Lower fall rates in women were most notable in specific outdoor locations of recreation, such as on the golf course, and in forests and park areas (0.34, 0.17-0.70), just outside their home (0.65, 0.45-0.93) anduringng vigorous activity, such as hiking, tennis, and jogging (0.38, 0.18-0.81) compared to men.

18 A recent RCT which evaluated a falls prevention programme in hospitals observed that patients considered to be at high risk of falling who were provided with nurse-led education (as part of a targeted multiple intervention strategy) in addition to usual care had a lower falls rate (0.4%) in comparison with patients who were provided with usual care (1.5%).

We report higher costs and lower falls rates compared with usual care, but neither were greater than could have occurred by chance Overall, we conclude there is a lack of evidence to suggest targeted screening in primary care and multifactorial falls prevention programmes in a day hospital setting is cost-effective.

As for the findings related to patient characteristics and call light use rate, a lower percentage of patients with altered mental status was associated with a lower total fall rate but not a lower injurious fall rate.

In addition, units with a higher percentage of patients aged 65 years or older had a lower injurious fall rate, but age was not generally correlated with injurious fall rates.

Hospitals 2 and 3 had lower injurious fall rates compared with Hospital 1. Surgical units and medical-surgical combined units had lower injurious fall rates than medical units.