Table 4.
Falls and clinical characteristics
| Characteristics of fallers | Injured | Not injured | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 141 (48.1%) | 152 (51.9%) | p* | O.R. | 95% C.I. | |
| No. of falls | 0.046 | ||||
| 1 | 79 (56%) | 78 (51.3%) | Ref. | -- | |
| 2 -- 4 | 50 (35.5%) | 46 (30.3%) | 1.07 | 0.64-1.78 | |
| > 4 | 12 (8.5%) | 28 (18.4%) | 0.42 | 0.20-0.89 | |
| Psychiatric diagnosis1 | 0.42 | ||||
| None | 25 (17.7%) | 20 (13.2%) | Ref. | -- | |
| Anxiety d. | 13 (9.2%) | 16 (10.5%) | 0.65 | 0.25-1.66 | |
| Depressive d. | 11 (7.8%) | 27 (17.8%) | 0.32 | 0.13-0.81 | |
| Schizophrenic d. | 4 (2.8%) | 4 (2.6%) | 0.80 | 0.18-3.60 | |
| Bipolar mood d. | 12 (8.5%) | 14 (9.2%) | 0.68 | 0.26-1.80 | |
| Psycho-organic d. | 4 (2.8%) | 2 (1.3%) | 1.60 | 0.26-9.64 | |
| Cognitive impairment | 54 (38.2%) | 52 (34.2%) | 0.83 | 0.41-1.67 | |
| Anxious-depressive d. | 16 (11.3%) | 15 (9.9%) | 0.85 | 0.34-2.13 | |
| Personality d. | 2 (1.4%) | 2 (1.3%) | 0.80 | 0.10-6.19 | |
| Self-sufficient 2 | 64 (45.4%) | 62 (41.1%) | 0.45 | ||
(*) Logistic regression analysis, ENTER method; (1) Psychiatric Diagnosis: d. = disorder; (2) A "self-sufficient" patient was defined as scoring 100 on the Barthel Index