Table 1 Overview of basic data of the included studies
Author (year) | Country | Study design | Data sources | Participants | Main outcome | Fall cases/ Sample size |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Dormosh [16] 2023 | Netherlands | Retrospective cohort study | An academic tertiary care hospital* | Inpatient(aged ≥ 70) | Fall(≥ 24 h of admission) | 470/21,286 |
Adeli [17] 2023 | Canada | Prospective cohort study | The Specialized Dementia Unit* | Hospitalized demented older inpatient | Falls while standing or walking | 25/54 |
Zhao [18] 2020 | China | case-control study | Three hospitals in Shanghai* | Inpatient(aged ≥ 65) | Injurious falls | 115/345 |
Wijesinghe [19] 2020 | Australia | Retrospective cohort study | MIMIC-III | Inpatient(aged ≥ 65) | Falls in Clinical Records | 4314/12,911 |
Kawazoe [20] 2022 | Japan | Retrospective cohort study | University of Tokyo Hospital* | Inpatient(aged ≥ 65) | Fall(> 48 h of admission and within 30 days) | 1728/72,314 |
Chu [21] 2022 | China | Retrospective cohort study | Taichung Veterans General Hospital* | Inpatient(aged > 65) | Fall(during the hospital stay) | 349/1101 |
Alharbi [22] 2022 | Saudi Arabia | Retrospective cohort study | SERV-112 and the SV-S2017 datasets | Older inpatient | Fall(during the hospital stay) | A:7295/9305 B:7408/9708 |
Peel [23] 2021 | Australia | Prospective cohort study | Acute Care in Australian Hospitals* | Inpatient(aged ≥ 70) | Fall(during the hospital stay) | 75/1288 |
Vratsistas-Curto [24] 2018 | Australia | Prospective cohort study | General rehabilitation unit at a public hospital* | Older inpatient | fall(during rehabilitation stay) | 41/300 |
Beauchet [25] 2018 | France | Prospective cohort study | Acute care medical wards of Angers University Hospital* | Inpatient(aged ≥ 65) | Fall(during the hospital stay) | 73/848 |
GholamHosseini [26] 2014 | New Zealand | Prospective cohort study | North Shore Hospital* | Inpatient(aged ≥ 65) | Fall(during the hospital stay) | 17/30 |
Neumann [27] 2013 | Germany | Retrospective cohort study | An academic teaching hospital* | Inpatient(aged ≥ 65) | Fall(during the hospital stay) | 508/4735 |
Marschollek [28] 2012 | Germany | case-control study | Evangelisches Geriatriezentrum Berlin* | Older inpatient | Fall(during the hospital stay) | 493/5176 |