Incidence and characteristic analysis of in-hospital falls after anesthesia

Table 5 Poisson regression analysis of the risk factors in the occurrence of postanesthesia falls

Risk factor	Regression coefficient	95 % CI	P value
Intercept	−34.434	(−36.158, −32.711)	<0.001
Gender
Male	Ref	Ref	NA
Female	−0.012	(−1.303, 1.280)	0.986
Age
≦30 years old	Ref	Ref	NA
31–50 years old	23.799	(21.489, 26.108)	<0.001
51–70 years old	25.408	(23.982, 26.834)	<0.001
>70 years old	25.555	(25.555, 25.555)	NA
ASA class
I–II	Ref	Ref	NA
III–IV	−0.132	(−1.498, 1.235)	0.850
Anesthesia technique
General anesthesia	Ref	Ref	NA
Intravenous sedation anesthesia	2.364	(0.853, 3.875)	0.002
Regional anesthesia	2.828	(1.267, 4.390)	<0.001

Reference groups were chosen according to the subgroup with highest proportion (i.e., male group, ASA class, and general anesthesia) or the first subgroup in the analysis
CI confidence interval, Ref reference value, NA not applicable

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