Table 3 Relationship of causes and consequences of the fall with injurious fall types
From: Relationship between location and activity in injurious falls: an exploratory study
|  | Type 1*Number (%) | Type 2†Number (%) | Type 3‡ Number (%) | Type 4§ Number (%) | P-value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Distribution of participants within fall types | 32 (9.6) | 116 (34.8) | 38 (11.4) | 147 (44.1) | Â |
Causes of the fall | Â | Â | Â | Â | 0.000 |
   Intrinsic cause | 21 (18.8) | 49 (43.8) | 13 (11.6) | 29 (25.9) |  |
   Extrinsic cause | 3 (1.8) | 50 (29.6) | 20 (11.8) | 96 (56.8) |  |
Consequences | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Injury (major injury versus minor injury) | Â | Â | Â | Â | 0.622 |
   % Major injury | 16 (8.9) | 58 (32.2) | 22 (12.2) | 84 (46.7) |  |
   %Minor injury | 16 (10.5) | 58 (41.2) | 16 (10.5) | 63 (41.2) |  |
Injury (fracture versus no fracture) | Â | Â | Â | Â | 0.172 |
   %Fracture | 12 (9.9) | 33 (27.3) | 15 (12.4) | 61 (50.4) |  |
   % No fracture | 20 (9.4) | 83 (39.2) | 23 (10.8) | 86 (40.6) |  |
Recuperation from the fall | Â | Â | Â | Â | 0.755 |
   %≥reasonable | 21 (8.9) | 83 (35.2) | 25 (10.6) | 107 (45.3) |  |
   %≤moderate | 11 (11.3) | 33 (34.0) | 13 (13.4) | 40 (41.2) |  |