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Table 2 Reasons for not providing fall preventive care to frail older patients

From: Falls prevention at GP practices: a description of daily practice

Reason for not providing fall preventive care

All male patients

All female patients

Male patients with FH and/or FOF

Female patients with FH and/or FOF

1. No high fall risk

157

242

15

38

2. Both agree on high fall risk, but patient beliefs treatment is too intense/too much of a hassle

63

153

49

121

3. GP diagnoses high risk but patient does not acknowledge this

48

77

23

41

4. GP forgot/had no time to discuss fall prevention with the patient

10

37

4

25

5. GP explained that diagnosis of the high fall risk still ongoing

14

21

2

2

6. Patient was too sick/weak for treatment according to GP

14

19

8

10

7. Patient was in or going to a hospital/health care facility/rehabilitation center and therefore will receive care from other health care professionals

12

16

9

12

8. Patient has or had already received fall preventive care

9

17

7

14

9. Patient has other health issues with higher priority

6

14

4

5

10. Patient is barely/not mobile and therefore treatment is not necessary/possible

5

12

0

6

11. Patient has dementia

5

11

3

8

12. Treatment costs are too high

5

6

4

4

13. Othera

16

32

12

23

14. Unclear

15

22

5

15

  1. Note. GPs could give more than one reason for not providing fall preventive care
  2. aRemaining (reasons given regarding ≤10 patients for each category): according to the GP there is no improvement possible by providing fall preventive care, patient has already aids (e.g. walker, personal alarm), the patient passed away, the fall of the patient was a single event, the patient takes own measures to reduce fall risk, and 15 singular reasons