Table 1.
Characteristics of participants.
| All | Group | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Single fallers | Repeat fallers | Very frequent fallers | |||
| Participants | N (%) | 136 | 19 (14) | 86 (63) | 31 (23) |
| Falls | N (%) | 249 | 19 (8) | 152 (61) | 78 (31) |
| Gender | M : F | 86 : 50 | 10 : 9 | 55 : 31 | 21 : 10 |
| Age in years | Median (IQR) | 72 (66–77) | 68 (65–77) | 73 (67–78) | 73 (64–78) |
| Min–Max | 54–91 | 57–91 | 54–85 | 58–91 | |
| Years diagnosed | Median (IQR) | 8 (4–12) | 5 (2–7) | 9 (5–12) | 11 (5–16) |
| Min–Max | 1–31 | 1–17 | 1–18 | 1–31 | |
| Falls at home | Median (IQR) | 2 (0–6) | 0 | 1 (0–3) | 18 (10–33) |
| Falls beyond home | Median (IQR) | 2 (1–3) | 1 (1-1) | 2 (1–3) | 6 (3–12) |
| Min–Max | 1–60 | 1-1 | 1–11 | 1–60 | |
| Walking aid indoors | N (%) | 49 (36) | 1 (5) | 27 (31) | 21 (68) |
| Walking aid outdoors | N (%) | 86 (63) | 12 (63) | 49 (57) | 25 (81) |
| Change in to out | % increase | 76 | 1100 | 81 | 19 |
| Falls described/faller | Median | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
N: number; %: percent; M : F: male to females; IQR: interquartile range.