Table 1 Baseline characteristics of 328 fallers aged 65 and older
From: Circumstances and outcomes of falls among high risk community-dwelling older adults
Demographic | % * |
|---|---|
Age | Â |
  65–74 | 30.2 |
  75–84 | 48.2 |
  85+ | 21.6 |
Gender | Â |
  Female | 72.3 |
Race | Â |
  White | 97.2 |
  African–American | 1.0 |
  Other | 1.8 |
Annual income | Â |
  0–9,999 | 9.5 |
  10,000–24,999 | 35.7 |
  25,000–49,999 | 24.7 |
  50,000+ | 18.0 |
  DK/Refused | 12.2 |
Living arrangement | Â |
  Alone | 59.5 |
  With spouse | 30.8 |
  With family | 7.0 |
  Other | 2.7 |
Years of school completed (mean ± SD) | 14.3 ± 4.0 |
Clinical | Mean ± SD |
Short Portable Mental Status Questionnaire (SPMSQ). (Maximum impairment score = 10) (Pfeiffer 1975) | 0.8 ± 1.8 |
Barthel Activities of Daily Living (ADL) score. (Maximum functional score = 100) (Mahoney and Barthel 1965) | 88 ± 18 |
Modified Activities-specific Balance Confidence (ABC) score. (Maximum confidence score = 10) (Powell and Myers 1995) | 6.0 ± 2.1 |