Decreased risk of falls in patients attending music sessions on an acute geriatric ward: results from a retrospective cohort study

Table 3 Multiple linear regression showing the association between variation^a of Morse Morse Fall Scale score and participation to music listening sessions adjusted on participants’ characteristics (n = 152)

	Fully adjusted model
	B	[95% CI]	P-value
Music listening session	− 17.1	[−33.6;-0.5]	0.043
Length of stay	0.5	[−0.7;1.7]	0.411
Female	15.9	[−9.0;40.8]	0.209
Living situation (home)	−10.2	[−29.5;9.0]	0.294
MMSE score (admission)	−0.6	[−2.1;0.9]	0.446
Therapeutic classes taken daily (admission)	−1.4	[−3.4;0.7]	0.191
Use of psychoactive drugs (admission)	11.1	[−6.4;28.6]	0.211

^aVariation of Morse Fall Scale score between upon admission and discharge and based on the formula: ((discharge - upon admission) / ((discharge + upon admission)/2)) × 100
β and p-value significant (i.e.; ≤0.05) in bold
β: coefficient of regression beta corresponding to a change of Morse Fall Scale score at discharge or of variation of Morse Fall Scale score between upon admission and discharge
MMSE Mini Mental Status examination
CI confidence interval

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