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Table 2 Demographic data of the participants

From: Effect of virtual reality exercises on balance and fall in elderly people with fall risk: a randomized controlled trial

Variable

Intervention

(n = 30)

Control

(n = 30)

P-value

Age (year) (Mean ± SD)

69.67 ± 7.725

72 ± 7.808

0.249

Duration of stay at nursing homes (month) (Mean ± SD)

22.34 ± 20.43

16.97 ± 18.34

0.514

Number of falls during the previous year (Mean ± SD)

2.10 ± 1.49

2 ± 1.46

0.794

Gender

  

1

 Male

22 (73.3)

22 (73.3)

 Female

8 (26.7)

8 (26.7)

Marital status n (%)

  

0.209

 Single

12 (40)

15 (50)

 Married

11 (36.7)

4 (13.3)

 Widowed

6 (20)

9 (30)

 Divorced

1 (3.3)

2 (6.7)

Education level n (%)

  

0.342

 Illiterate

9 (30)

10 (33.3)

 Primary school

12 (40)

7 (23.3)

 Junior high school and high school

5 (16.7)

11 (36.7)

 Academic degree

4 (13.3)

2 (6.7)

Previous occupation n (%)

  

0.658

 Employee

6 (20)

10 (33.3)

 Worker

7 (23.3)

5 (16.7)

 Freelance

11 (36.6)

10 (33.3)

 Homemaker

6 (20)

5 (16.7)