Table 4 General characteristics of fall-related head injury by severity in the older adults
From: Characteristics of fall‐related head injury versus non‐head injury in the older adults
Odds Ratio | 95 % Confidence Interval | P | |
|---|---|---|---|
Univariate logistic regression analysis | |||
Age group, years old | |||
60 ~ 69 | 1.0 | ||
70 ~ 79 | 1.362 | 1.200-1.547 | 0.000 |
≥ 80 | 1.331 | 1.153–1.536 | 0.000 |
Male, sex versus female | 1.395 | 1.247–1.560 | 0.000 |
Season of injury occurrence | |||
Winter | 1.0 | ||
Spring | 0.946 | 0.811–1.105 | 0.486 |
Summer | 0.968 | 0.829–1.130 | 0.679 |
Autumn | 0.916 | 0.789–1.063 | 0.247 |
Time of injury occurrence | |||
00:00–05:59 | 1.0 | ||
06:00–11:59 | 0.923 | 0.768–1.109 | 0.392 |
12:00–17:59 | 0.913 | 0.777–1.074 | 0.272 |
18:00–23:59 | 0.780 | 0.662–0.919 | 0.003 |
Location of injury occurrence | |||
Residential facility | 1.0 | ||
Medical facility | 0.923 | 0.654–1.303 | 0.650 |
Sports facility or work place | 1.028 | 0.721–1.468 | 0.877 |
Transportation area | 0.648 | 0.571–0.736 | 0.000 |
Public or commercial facility | 0.887 | 0.733–1.074 | 0.219 |
Other outdoor area | 0.904 | 0.660–1.238 | 0.528 |
Outdoor fall injury versus indoor fall injury | 0.866 | 0.776–0.967 | 0.010 |
Activity during injury occurrence | |||
Daily activity | 1.0 | ||
Paid work | 1.247 | 0.875–1.778 | 0.222 |
Unpaid work | 0.793 | 0.579–1.087 | 0.149 |
Sports or leisure activity | 0.819 | 0.703–0.954 | 0.010 |
Alcohol ingestion | 0.825 | 0.708–0.961 | 0.014 |
Mechanism of fall | |||
Others including fall over | 1.0 | ||
Fall from stairs | 1.889 | 1.623–2.198 | 0.000 |
Slip down on same level | 1.339 | 1.183–1.517 | 0.000 |
Non-slippery, condition of floor versus slippery | 1.275 | 1.023–1.590 | 0.031 |
Concrete, type of floor versus others | 0.936 | 0.806–1.086 | 0.383 |
Sloping floor versus flat | 1.499 | 1.298–1.731 | 0.000 |
Existing of obstacles on floor | 1.456 | 1.248–1.697 | 0.000 |
Multivariate logistic regression analysis | |||
Age group, versus 60 ~ 69 | |||
70 ~ 79 | 1.344 | 1.155–1.563 | 0.000 |
≥ 80 | 1.310 | 1.096-1.565- | 0.003 |
Male, sex versus female | 1.626 | 1.414–1.869 | 0.000 |
18:00–23:59, time of injury occurrence versus 00:00–05:59 | 0.799 | 0.656–0.973 | 0.025 |
Transportation area, location of injury occurrence versus residential facility | 0.581 | 0.470–0.719 | 0.000 |
Indoor fall injury versus outdoor fall injury | 1.258 | 1.046–1.514 | 0.015 |
Unpaid work, activity during injury occurrence versus daily activity | 0.648 | 0.452–0.930 | 0.018 |
Mechanism of fall, versus others including fall over | |||
Fall from stairs | 1.835 | 1.372–2.453 | 0.000 |
Slip down on same level | 1.547 | 1.321–1.812 | 0.000 |
Non-slippery, condition of floor versus slippery | 1.399 | 1.093–1.792 | 0.008 |
Existing of obstacles on floor | 1.298 | 1.061–1.588 | 0.011 |