Table 1 Demographic characteristics, fall frequency, and risk factors of fall occurrence
Demographic Variables.N = 140 | Total# | Fall history | P. Value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Â | Â | % | yes% | No % | Â |
Gender | Male | 46% | 46% | 54% | 0.49* |
Female | 54% | 44% | 56% | ||
Age | 60–65 | 46.40% | 33% | 67% | 0.04* |
66–70 | 14.30% | 44% | 56% | ||
71–75 | 4.30% | 16% | 84% | ||
 > 76 | 8.57% | 33% | 67% |  | |
Education level | Graduate | 14% | 14% | 86% | 0.021** |
Matric Secondary | 22% | 22% | 78% | ||
Matric Secondary | 17% | 20% | 80% | ||
Illiterate | 47% | 42% | 58% | Â | |
Married | Alive | 79% | 59% | 41% | 0.012** |
Widow | 21% | 41% | 59% | ||
Source of Income | Pension | 28% | 57% | 43% | 0.62 |
Others | 34% | 59% | 41% | ||
No, any source | 38% | 48% | 52% | ||
Health status | Cardiovascular | 30.70% | 51% | 49% | 0.72 |
Diabetic | 22.00% | 42% | 58% | ||
Joint Pain | 20% | 93% | 7% | ||
Other | 4.30% | 33% | 67% | Â | |
No diseases | 9.30% | 46% | 54% | Â | |
Living status | Join family | 47% | 54% | 46% | 0.45 |
Extended Family | 52% | 56% | 44% | ||
Visual problem | yes | 52% | 75% | 25% | 0.002** |
No | 47% | 33% | 67% | ||
Prayer practice | five-time as prescribe | 48% | 37% | 63% | 0.000*** |
Not follow seven steps | 52% | 71% | 29% | Â | |
Ethnicity | Pathan | 0.4 | 58% | 42% | Â |
Panjabi | 0.3 | 47% | 53% | Â | |
Sindhi | 0.2 | 40% | 60% | Â | |
Chitrali 8% | 0.1 | 21% | 54% | Â | |
Cognitive level | Normal | 54% | 45 64% | 55% | 0.000*** |
Moderate | 47% | 36% | |||
|  |  < 12 s | 48% | 31% | 69% |  |
TUG level | 13–19 s | 28% | 64% | 56% | 0.001** |
|  |  > 20 s | 24% | 90% | 10% |  |