Table 3 Associations between participants’ characteristics and FoF by social support level, adjusted logistic analysis (n = 725)
Fear of falling | |||
|---|---|---|---|
Model 1 Low - moderate social support level (n = 423) | Model 2 High social support level (n = 302) | ||
AOR (95% CI)1 | AOR (95% CI) | ||
Gender | Male | 1 | 1 |
Female | 1.99 (1.10–3.59)* | 1.91 (0.93–3.92) | |
Age (yr) | 60–69 | 1 | 1 |
70–79 | 1.13 (0.63–2.02) | 1.61 (0.77–3.33) | |
≥ 80 | 1.55 (0.77–3.10) | 1.79 (0.73–4.40) | |
Marital status | Married | 1 | 1 |
Single or formerly married | 1.23 (0.72–2.12) | 0.62 (0.25–1.53) | |
History of fall | No | 1 | 1 |
Yes | 3.36 (1.30–8.68)* | 4.61 (1.09–19.57)* | |
Arthritis | No | 1 | 1 |
Yes | 1.36 (0.80–2.33) | 0.82 (0.41–1.62) | |
Hypertension | No | 1 | 1 |
Yes | 0.62 (0.37–1.01) | 1.06 (0.56–1.99) | |
Limitation of the IADL | No | 1 | 1 |
Yes | 2.40 (1.31–4.39)** | 3.41 (1.51–7.71)** | |
Limitation of the BADL | No | 1 | 1 |
Yes | 2.35 (1.11–4.98)* | 4.68 (1.56–14.03)** | |
Visual ability | No difficulty | 1 | 1 |
Difficulty | 1.40 (0.84–2.33) | 1.73 (0.94–3.21) | |
Walking ability | No difficulty | 1 | 1 |
Difficulty | 2.58 (1.37–4.86)** | 4.62 (2.17–9.82)*** | |
Cognitive function | Normal | 1 | 1 |
Impairment2 | 2.97 (1.49–5.89)** | 1.04 (0.38–2.82) | |
Pseudo R2 | 0.31 | 0.36 | |