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Table 5 ANOVA of health-related characteristics and injurious fall types

From: Relationship between location and activity in injurious falls: an exploratory study

 

Type 1*(n = 32)

Type 2†(n = 116)

Type 3‡ (n = 38)

Type 4§ (n = 147)

P-value (ANOVA)

P-value

Total health complaints

7.75

6.34

8.26

5.29

0.000

0.010 (types 1 and 4) 0.000 (types 3 and 4)

Total FAI || score (0- 45 ) #

18.94

23.32

21.61

25.03

0.001

0.050 (types 1 and 2) 0.002 (types 1 and 4)

Total GARS ¶ score ( 11 -44) #

20.16

17.36

19.58

15.90

0.001

0.010 (types 1 and 4) 0.000 (types 3 and 4)

  1. *Type 1: Indoor falls in the hall and bathroom, during lavatory visit
  2. †Type 2: Indoor falls (at other locations than the hall and bathroom), during ADL
  3. ‡Type 3: Outdoor falls near the home, predominantly during IADL
  4. §Type 4: Outdoor falls away from home, occurring during mobility-related activities
  5. ||Frenchay Activities Index; ¶Groningen Activity Restriction Scale; #the underlined score is the most favourable score
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