Table 3 Comparisons between fallers and non-fallers regarding age, sex, place of living, number of drugs, FRIDs and ODs
From: Fall risk-increasing drugs and falls: a cross-sectional study among elderly patients in primary care
Outcome variable | Falls during the last 3 months before the symptom evaluation | Falls leading to emergency visits or hospital admissions during the last 12 months | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Falls | No falls | P value | Falls | No falls | P value | |
Sex, N (%) | ||||||
Male | 31 (44) | 39 (56) | <0.01* | 4 (4) | 85 (96) | <0.01* |
Female | 50 (24) | 155 (76) | 58 (21) | 222 (79) | ||
Age, mean (SD) | 87.2 (5.7) | 87.2 (5.4) | 0.97** | 87.8 (5.6) | 87.3 (5.7) | 0.53** |
Place of living, N (%) | ||||||
Nursing home | 53 (26) | 149 (74) | 0.07* | 56 (20) | 223 (80) | <0.01* |
Community | 28 (38) | 45 (62) | 6 (7) | 84 (93) | ||
No. of drugs, mean (SD) | ||||||
Total | 11.5 (3.8) | 11.8 (4.8) | 0.58** | 12.6 (4.4) | 11.6 (4.5) | 0.12** |
Continuous use | 9.5 (3.6) | 9.2 (4.0) | 0.64** | 9.8 (3.5) | 9.4 (3.9) | 0.39** |
As needed | 2.0 (1.4) | 2.5 (2.0) | 0.01** | 2.7 (2.1) | 2.2 (1.6) | 0.08** |
No. of FRIDs 1 , mean (SD) | ||||||
Total | 2.4 (1.5) | 2.0 (1.4) | 0.06** | 2.7 (0.7) | 2.0 (0.6) | <0.01** |
Continuous use | 2.0 (1.4) | 1.6 (1.2) | 0.02** | 2.1 (1.4) | 1.6 (1.3) | <0.01** |
As needed | 0.4 (0.6) | 0.5 (0.7) | 0.41** | 0.5 (0.7) | 0.4 (0.6) | 0.13** |
No. of ODs 2 , mean (SD) | ||||||
Total | 1.8 (1.4) | 2.0 (1.6) | 0.26** | 1.7 (1.5) | 2.0 (1.5) | 0.15** |
Continuous use | 1.6 (1.3) | 1.7 (1.4) | 0.38** | 1.4 (1.2) | 1.7 (1.3) | 0.05** |
As needed | 0.2 (0.4) | 0.2 (0.4) | 0.28** | 0.2 (0.4) | 0.2 (0.4) | 0.36** |