Table 1 Characteristics of participants at baseline
From: The association between fear of falling and occurrence of falls: a one-year cohort study
Non-fallers (n, % = 433, 81.7) | Single fallers (n, % = 56, 10.6) | Multiple fallers (n, % = 41, 7.7) | p-value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Age, n (%) | ||||
65–69 | 57 (13.2) | 5 (8.9) | 2 (4.9) | 0.095 |
70–74 | 156 (36.0) | 21 (37.5) | 10 (24.4) | |
75–79 | 123 (28.4) | 23 (41.1) | 14 (34.1) | |
80–84 | 70 (16.2) | 6 (10.7) | 11 (26.8) | |
Above 85 | 27 (6.2) | 1 (1.8) | 4 (9.8) | |
Fear of fall, n (%) | 217 (50.1) | 40 (71.4) | 29 (70.7) | 0.001 |
Female, n (%) | 286 (66.1) | 41 (73.2) | 27 (65.9) | 0.559 |
Slower TUG, n (%) | 5 (1.2) | 1 (1.8) | 3 (7.3) | 0.014 |
Polypharmacy, n (%) | 65 (15.0) | 13 (23.2) | 17 (41.5) | < 0.001 |