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Table 8 Relationships between balance performance and fall in the elderly

From: Evaluation of the reliability and validity for X16 balance testing scale for the elderly

Fall

n

0

1

2

3

Yes

343

220 (64.1)

65 (19.0)

34 (9.9)

24 (7.0)

No

1642

1264 (77.0)

272 (16.6)

73 (4.4)

33 (2.0)

Total

1985

1484 (74.8)

337 (17.0)

107(5.4)

57 (2.9)

  1. Values were presented as number (percent). Numbers 0, 1, 2, and 3 indicate the categories of balance performance, they are category 0 (intact), category 1 (mildly impaired), category 2 (moderately impaired), and category 3 (severely impaired) balance performance
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BMC Geriatrics

ISSN: 1471-2318

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