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Table 4 Characteristics of Fallers and non-Fallers by Month

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

 

Fall (Month 1)

Loss of Balance (Month 1)

Fall (Month 6)

Ever Fallen (Month 6)

Loss of Balance (Month 6)

 

Yes

No

Yes

No

Yes

No

Yes

No

Yes

No

FIM total

98.13

99.86

97.75

101.84

94.62

100.32

99.45

100.34

94.80

102.97

mean (SD)$

(14.74)

(17.70)

(16.12)

(18.30)

(28.26)

(16.00)

(16.36)

(17.09)

(20.17)

(13.62)

FIM motor

67.87

69.89

68.20

71.28

65.75

70.35

69.20

70.62

66.83

71.92

mean (SD)$

(12.22)

(14.43)

(12.57)

(15.70)

(20.40)

(13.25)

(13.08)

(14.08)

(15.38)

(12.24)

FIM cognitive

29.55

29.48

29.01

30.14

28.88

29.56

29.14

30.15

28.43

30.17

mean (SD) $

(5.33)

(5.87)

(6.10)

(5.23)

(9.01)

(5.37)

(5.57)

(5.59)

(6.39)

(4.94)

Length of rehab stay in days

18.21

23.85*

21.69*

16.14

19.13

18.49

16.57

21.98*

23.42

15.77

mean (SD) ‡

(15.69)

(15.35)

(15.15)

(16.01)

(13.57)

(15.23)

(14.46)

(15.75)

(17.57)

(12.76)

Discharge comorbidities

          

   Hypertension (%)†

16 (16.3)

82 (83.7)

52 (53.1)

46 (46.9)

2 (2.5)

77 (97.5)

27 (34.2)

52 (65.8)

26 (32.5)

54 (67.5)

   Diabetes (%)†

9 (25.0)

27 (75.0)

14 (38.9)

22 (61.1)

1 (3.4)

28 (96.6)

13 (44.8)

16 (55.2)

13 (44.8)

16 (55.2)

   Communication disorder (%)†

6 (16.7)

30 (83.3)

19 (52.8)

17 (47.2)

4 (12.9)*

27 (87.1)*

9 (29.0)

22 (71.0)

12 (37.5)

20 (62.5)

   Lipid disorder (%)†

5 (13.5)

32 (86.5)

20 (54.1)

17 (45.9)

1 (3.1)

31 (96.9)

10 (31.2)

22 (68.8)

10 (31.2)

22 (68.8)

   Hemiparesis/plegic (%)†

5 (25.0)

15 (75.0)

10 (50.0)

10 (50.0)

2 (10.0)

18 (90.0)

8 (40.0)

12 (60.0)

9 (45.0)

11 (55.0)

Type of stroke

          

   Ischemic (%)

27 (16.8)

134 (83.2)

88 (54.7)

73 (45.3)

6 (4.2)

136 (95.8)

47 (33.1)

95* (66.9)

51 (35.7)

92 (64.3)

   Hemorrhagic (%)†

7 (25.0)

21 (75.0)

17 (60.7)

11 (39.3)

2 (8.3)

22 (91.7)

13 (54.2)

11* (45.8)

9 (37.5)

15 (62.5)

CVA Location

          

   Right (%)†

15 (20.3)

59 (79.7)

37 (50.0)

37 (50.0)

4 (6.0)

63 (94.0)

29 (43.3)

38 (56.7)

26 (38.2)

42 (61.8)

   Left (%)†

14 (19.4)

58 (80.6)

46 (63.9)**

26 (36.1)

1 (1.6)

63 (98.4)

20 (31.2)

44 (68.8)

19 (29.7)

45 (70.3)

   Other/Undifferentiated (%)†

5 (11.6)

38 (88.4)

22 (51.2)

21 (48.8)

3 (8.6)

32 (91.4)

11 (31.4)

24 (68.6)

15 (42.9)

20 (57.1)

  1. FIM = Functional Independence Measure
  2. $Mann-Whitney U test
  3. †Chi Square of Independence test
  4. ‡Student's t-test
  5. *significance at p = 0 < .05
  6. **significance = 0.05 < p < 0.10
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