Table 1 Baseline characteristics of the participants according to fear of falling status
Characteristics of participants | All (n = 725) | Low FoF (n = 272) | Moderate FoF (n = 157) | High FoF (n = 296) | P value1 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
% | % | % | ||||
Socio-demographic characteristic | ||||||
Gender | Female | 423 | 28.1 | 20.8 | 51.1 | < 0.001 |
Male | 302 | 50.7 | 22.8 | 26.5 | ||
Age (yr) | 60–69 | 340 | 51.2 | 21.5 | 27.4 | < 0.001 |
70–79 | 209 | 30.6 | 25.8 | 43.5 | ||
≥ 80 | 176 | 39.3 | 17.0 | 63.6 | ||
Residential area | Hue City | 443 | 38.8 | 23.0 | 38.1 | 0.173 |
Phu Vang District | 282 | 35.5 | 19.5 | 45.0 | ||
Marital status | Married | 524 | 42.4 | 22.5 | 35.1 | < 0.001 |
Single or formerly | 201 | 24.9 | 19.4 | 55.7 | ||
married | ||||||
Education level | Low education | 195 | 22.6 | 16.4 | 61.0 | < 0.001 |
Primary to high school | 468 | 42.3 | 23.3 | 34.4 | ||
College and higher | 55 | 52.7 | 25.5 | 21.8 | ||
Living arrangement | Alone | 65 | 24.6 | 15.4 | 60.0 | 0.004 |
Living with others | 660 | 38.8 | 22.3 | 38.9 | ||
Physical functional status | ||||||
Experience of injury | No | 665 | 39.7 | 22.6 | 37.7 | < 0.001 |
Yes | 60 | 13.3 | 11.7 | 75.0 | ||
History of fall | Yes | 54 | 14.8 | 7.4 | 77.8 | < 0.001 |
No | 671 | 39.3 | 22.8 | 37.9 | ||
Hypertension | Yes | 318 | 32.7 | 21.1 | 46.2 | 0.022 |
No | 407 | 41.3 | 22.1 | 36.6 | ||
Arthritis | Yes | 243 | 30.9 | 18.9 | 50.2 | 0.001 |
No | 482 | 40.9 | 23.0 | 36.1 | ||
Limitation of the IADL | No | 484 | 50.6 | 24.8 | 24.6 | < 0.001 |
Yes | 241 | 11.2 | 15.4 | 73.4 | ||
Limitation of the BADL | No | 598 | 43.5 | 24.7 | 31.8 | < 0.001 |
Yes | 127 | 9.4 | 7.1 | 83.5 | ||
Visual ability | No difficulty | 370 | 50.3 | 21.9 | 27.8 | < 0.001 |
Have difficulty | 355 | 24.2 | 21.4 | 54.4 | ||
Walking ability | No difficulty | 503 | 48.3 | 26.6 | 25.0 | < 0.001 |
Have difficulty | 222 | 13.1 | 10.4 | 76.6 | ||
Social support | Low | 71 | 25.4 | 16.9 | 57.7 | 0.002 |
Moderate | 352 | 35.8 | 26.1 | 38.1 | ||
High | 302 | 42.4 | 17.5 | 40.1 | ||
Cognitive function | Normal | 602 | 43.2 | 23.3 | 33.6 | < 0.001 |
Impairment | 123 | 9.8 | 13.8 | 76.4 | ||