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 | % | |
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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 |
Percentage is unweighted and includes the 1563 respondents who completed the final survey.
Cut-off values for screening at increased risk for future fall are described in Table 1.