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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2023 Oct 2.
Published in final edited form as: Arch Gerontol Geriatr. 2022 Apr 30;101:104713. doi: 10.1016/j.archger.2022.104713

Table 3.

Baseline percentage1 of older adults at increased risk for a future fall, by screening question or tool,2 by sex and age-group.

Tool N % Tool n %
Sex Three Key Questions Stay Independent
Male 351 47.2 238 32.0
Female 479 58.4 337 41.1
Age
65–74 536 34.3 353 33.1
75–84 231 55.8 169 40.8
85+ 63 75.9 53 63.9
Sex American Geriatric/ British Geriatric Society Questions short Falls Efficacy Scale-International
Male 312 42.0 81 10.9
Female 405 49.4 132 16.1
Age
65–74 465 43.6 125 11.7
75–84 203 49.0 65 15.7
85+ 49 59.0 23 27.7
Sex Fell in the past year Fallen in the past 12 months
Male 203 27.3 237 31.9
Female 245 29.9 273 33.4
Age
65–74 291 27.3 333 31.2
75–84 118 28.5 133 32.1
85+ 39 47.0 44 53.0
1

Percentage is unweighted and includes the 1563 respondents who completed the final survey.

2

Cut-off values for screening at increased risk for future fall are described in Table 1.