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Table 2 Reported Falls and Loss of Balance by Month for all Participants

From: Falls among community-residing stroke survivors following inpatient rehabilitation: a descriptive analysis of longitudinal data

Month After

Discharge

Number of

Respondents

Number of Reported

Fall Incidents1

Percent of Sample

Reporting no Falls

n (%)

Loss of Balance

n (%)

1

189

50

155 (82.0)

105 (55.6)

2

194

30

173 (89.2)

90 (46.4)

3

190

31

165 (86.8)

93 (48.9)

4

189

28

164 (86.8)

83 (43.9)

5

179

22

157 (87.7)

78 (43.6)

6

166

10

159 (95.2)

60 (35.9)

7

160

15

147 (91.9)

71 (44.4)

8

151

7

144 (95.4)

63 (41.4)

9

145

5

140 (96.6)

48 (33.1)

10

140

19

128 (91.4)

53 (37.9)

11

125

12

116 (92.8)

52 (41.6)

12

125

16

113 (90.4)

55 (44.0)

13

116

4

112 (96.6)

48 (41.4)

14

109

15

99 (90.8)

51 (46.8)

15

96

17

83 (86.5)

43 (44.8)

16

83

6

78 (94.0)

40 (48.2)

17

76

11

67 (88.2)

34 (44.7)

18

70

12

63 (90.0)

37 (52.9)

19

58

2

56 (96.6)

25 (43.1)

20

52

2

50 (96.2)

20 (38.5)

21

44

1

43 (97.7)

18 (40.9)

22

43

3

40 (93.0)

23 (53.5)

23

38

5

33 (86.8)

20 (52.6)

24

32

3

29 (90.6)

13 (40.6)

27

27

7

23 (85.2)

11 (40.7)

30

21

1

20 (95.2)

9 (42.9)

  1. 1 Fall incident is defined as fall to the ground.