Table 4 Relationship of socio-demographic characteristics and health-related characteristics 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 |
Socio-demographic characteristics | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Age | Â | Â | Â | Â | 0.036 |
   % <80 year | 22 (8.6) | 82 (32.0) | 28 (10.9) | 124 (48.4) |  |
   % ≥80 year | 10 (13.0) | 34 (44.2) | 10 (13.0) | 23 (29.9) |  |
Gender | Â | Â | Â | Â | 0.121 |
   % Female | 21 (9.2) | 80 (35.1) | 20 (8.8) | 107 (46.9) |  |
   % Male | 11 (10.5) | 36 (34.3) | 18 (17.1) | 40 (38.1) |  |
Living situation | Â | Â | Â | Â | 0.850 |
   % Living alone | 14 (9.7) | 48 (33.3) | 15 (10.4) | 67 (46.5) |  |
   % Living with a partner | 18 (9.6) | 68 (36.2) | 23 (12.2) | 79 (42.0) |  |
Level of education | Â | Â | Â | Â | 0.748 |
   % ≤primary school | 10 (10.6) | 33 (35.1) | 13 (13.8) | 38 (40.4) |  |
   % >primary school | 22 (9.2) | 83 (34.7) | 25 (10.5) | 109 (45.6) |  |
Health-related characteristics | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Fear of falling | Â | Â | Â | Â | 0.981 |
   % ≥sometimes | 22 (9.7) | 80 (35.4) | 26 (11.5) | 98 (43.4) |  |
   % ≤almost never | 10 (9.3) | 36 (33.6) | 12 (11.2) | 49 (45.8) |  |
Activity avoidance | Â | Â | Â | Â | 0.044 |
   % ≥sometimes | 20 (10.9) | 71 (38.8) | 24 (13.1) | 68 (37.2) |  |
   % ≤almost never | 12 (8.0) | 45 (30.0) | 14 (9.3) | 79 (52.7) |  |
Perceived health (≥good) |  |  |  |  | 0.546 |
   % ≥good | 31 (10.3) | 105 (34.8) | 33 (10.9) | 133 (44.0) |  |
   % ≤moderate | 1 (3.2) | 11 (35.5) | 5 (16.1) | 14 (45.2) |  |