High vs Low Fall Injuries in Asia: 7-Year Multicenter Study

Mackay Memorial Hospital

Status: Completed

Conditions: Fall Injury; Trauma

Treatments: Other: High fall injury group

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT07093658

24MMHIS447e

Details and patient eligibility

About

This multicenter study revealed a declining overall incidence of fall-related injuries, accompanied by a rising proportion of high falls, predominantly among non-elderly males. Mortality risk increased significantly at fall heights of 3 and 6 meters, supporting current field triage thresholds. Across both high and low falls, lower SpO₂ and GCS were key predictors of 30-day mortality, with head injury being an additional risk factor in low fall cases

Enrollment: 59,099 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• This study included adult patients (aged ≥18 years) who were transported by emergency medical services (EMS) between January 2016 and December 2022.
• Fall injury patients

Exclusion criteria

• missing data on age, sex, injury mechanism, systolic blood pressure (SBP), diastolic blood pressure (DBP), heart rate (HR), oxygen saturation (SpO₂), Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS), Abbreviated Injury Scale (AIS) for each body region, Injury Severity Score (ISS), Revised Trauma Score (RTS), or fall height
• missing records of 30-day mortality

Trial design

59,099 participants in 1 patient group

Low fall injury group

Treatment:

Other: High fall injury group