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Table 3 Fall risk classification models

From: Sensor-based fall risk assessment in older adults with or without cognitive impairment: a systematic review

Author

Model

Acc (%)

Sen (%)

Spe (%)

Bautmans et al. [40]

logistic regression analysis, ROC

77.0

78.0

78.0

Bizovska et al. [43]

logistic regression analysis, ROC

–

53.0

85.0

Buisseret et al. [64] a

binary classification, ROC

85.7

50.0

73,9

Greene et al. [55]

ROC

79.7

73.1

82.6

Gietzelt et al. [36]

decision tree

75.0

78.2

71.2

Howcroft et al. [56]

support vector machine and neural networks

80.0–84.0

50.0–66.7

89.5

Hua et al. [41]

random forests

73.7

81.1

–

Ihlen et al. [44]

Partial Least Square Regression Analysis

76.0 (SF)

68.0 (MF)

71.0 (SF)

67.0 (MF)

80.0 (SF)

69.0 (MF)

Ihlen et al. [49]

Partial Least Square Discriminatory Analysis

–

59.0–88.0

77.0–92.0

Iluz et al. [35]

Ada Boost, Support Vector Machine, Bag, Naïve Bayes

87.1–90.6

83.8–89.2

87.2–94.4

Marschollek et al. [62]

logistic regression, classification model

70.0

58.0

78.0

Marschollek et al. [61] a

classification trees

90.0

57.7

100.0

Qui et al. [50] a

logistic regression, Naïve Bayes, decision tree, boosted tree, random forest, support vector machine

79.7–89.4

87.2–92.7

69.2–84.9

Rivolta et al. [19] a

linear model, artificial neural network

–

71.0–86.0

81.0–90.0

Sample et al. [58] a

stepwise logistic regression, max-rescaled R2 value

–

48.1

82.1

Senden et al. [51]

linear regression analysis, ROC

–

76.0

70.0

van Schooten et al. [52]

logistic regression analysis, ROC

–

67.9

66.3

Weiss et al. [54] a

binary logistic regression analysis

71.6

62.1

78.9

Weiss et al. [53]

binary logistic regression analysis

87.8

91.3

83.3

  1. a These models also include data of clinical assessment (e. g. body mass index)
  2. Acc: accuracy, Sen: sensitivity, Spe: specificity, ROC: receiver operating curve, SF: single faller, MF: multiple faller