# A Managerial Approach to Investigate Fall Risk in a Rehabilitation Hospital
## 3 Results
Moreover, the mechanism of fall was also found to be important: 39.5% of patients' falls were due to unconventional mechanisms, such as falling off the bed or trying to overcome an obstacle. Furthermore, the chi-square test revealed that patients who took antieipileptics and hypnotics fell more frequently than those who did not take those drugs. Finally, the main consequences of the 291 falls reported at the Maugeri Institute of Bari were analyzed (Table 4). Table S1 shows the statistics regarding the consequences of falls in terms of the health of the patients. \begin{table}
\begin{tabular}{c c c c c} \hline \hline \multirow{2}{*}{**Variables**} & \multirow{2}{*}{**Categories**} & **without** & **with** & \\  & & **Recurrences** & **Recurrences** & **(n = 38)** & **\(p\)-Value** \\ \hline \multirow{2}{*}{Cryotherapy, n [\%]} & Yes & 16 [8.0] & 3 [7.9] & \\  & No & 184 [92.0] & 35 [92.1] & \\ \hline \multirow{2}{*}{Emergency department, n [\%]} & Yes & 4 [2.0] & 0 [0.0] & \\  & No & 196 [98.0] & 38 [100.0] & \\ \hline \multirow{2}{*}{Medication, n [\%]} & Yes & 31 [15.5] & 6 [15.8] & \\  & No & 169 [84.5] & 32 [84.2] & \\ \hline \multirow{2}{*}{No interventions, n [\%]} & Yes & 82 [41.0] & 17 [44.7] & \\  & No & 118 [59.0] & 21 [55.3] & \\ \hline \multirow{2}{*}{Observation, n [\%]} & Yes & 44 [22.0] & 7 [18.4] & \\  & No & 156 [78.0] & 31 [81.6] & \\ \hline \multirow{2}{*}{RX, n [\%]} & Yes & 32 [16.0] & 4 [10.5] & \\  & No & 168 [84.0] & 34 [89.5] & \\ \hline \multirow{2}{*}{CT brain, n [\%]} & Yes & 27 [13.5] & 5 [13.2] & \\  & No & 173 [86.5] & 33 [86.8] & \\ \hline \multirow{2}{*}{Medical therapy, n [\%]} & Yes & 7 [3.5] & 0 [0.0] & \\  & No & 193 [96.5] & 38 [100.0] & \\ \hline \multirow{2}{*}{Prognosis, n [\%]} & None & 137 [68.5] & 27 [71.0] & \\  & Mild \(\leq\) 3 days & 45 [22.5] & 7 [18.4] & \\ \multirow{2}{*}{Prognosis, n [\%]} & Moderate (from 4 to 20 days) & 14 [7.0] & 2 [5.3] & \\  & Severe (from 21 to 39 days) & 3 [1.5] & 2 [5.3] & \\ \multirow{2}{*}{} & Serious \(\geq\) 40 days & 1 [0.5] & 0 [0.0] & \\ \hline \multirow{2}{*}{Sentinel event, n [\%]} & Yes & 80 [40.0] & 13 [34.2] & \\  & No & 120 [60.0] & 25 [65.8] & \\ \hline \hline \end{tabular}
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Table 3: _Cont._The prognosis and impact on the recovery, registered by doctors on fall reports, revealed significant results. Specifically, among the 291 falls, 68.4% were without any apparent injury. Contisuous (11%), abrasions (10%), head trauma (6.9%), lacerations (3.8%), and fractures (3.4%) were the main consequences. Notably, 45.4% of the registered falls did not require any consequent intervention; in other cases (21%), doctors set up an observation period ranging from 2 to 48 h, while medication was required in 14.4% of the cases. Among all the diagnostic exams, RX (14.4%) and CT of the brain (12.7%) were the most performed procedures. In total, 71.5% of the falls we studied did not lead to any prognosis, which means that fall events did not influence the rehabilitative program or the clinical picture of the patient. Only one event (0.3%) had a severe prognosis, an event that led to consequences on the rehabilitative program in a temporal range greater than 40 days.