Table 1. Bivariate analyses of demographics, assistance and devices, and behaviors in relation to falls resulting in injury.
| Falls |
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|---|---|---|---|
| No | Yes | P value | |
| Demographics | |||
| Current age | 50.1 (14.2) | 49.5 (13.8) | .7023 |
| Years post injury | 13.8 (9.0) | 13.4 (7.8) | .7306 |
| Gender | .7946 | ||
| Male | 79.4 | 20.6 | |
| Female | 80.4 | 19.6 | |
| Injury level | .8565 | ||
| C1-C4 | 78.3 | 21.7 | |
| C5-C8 | 81.0 | 19.0 | |
| Noncervical | 79.6 | 20.4 | |
| Walking quality | |||
| Maximum walking distance | .9788 | ||
| <10 m | 80.0 | 20.0 | |
| 10 m | 79.4 | 20.6 | |
| 150 ft | 78.6 | 21.4 | |
| 1,000 ft | 80.4 | 19.6 | |
| % time walking at home | .0001 | ||
| Walk more than wheel | 79.8 | 20.2 | |
| Walk and wheel equally | 53.6 | 46.4 | |
| Wheel more than walk | 89.1 | 10.9 | |
| % time walking in the community | .2993 | ||
| Walk more than wheel | 81.2 | 18.8 | |
| Walk and wheel equally | 68.1 | 31.8 | |
| Wheel more than walk | 81.8 | 18.3 | |
| Walk slower | .0050 | ||
| No | 86.4 | 13.6 | |
| Yes | 76.4 | 23.6 | |
| Poorer balance | <.0001 | ||
| No | 88.9 | 11.1 | |
| Yes | 74.2 | 25.8 | |
| Assistance/devices | |||
| People | .0996 | ||
| No | 82.1 | 17.9 | |
| Yes | 72.6 | 27.5 | |
| Walker | .3215 | ||
| No | 80.9 | 19.1 | |
| Standard | 82.0 | 18.0 | |
| Rolling | 73.1 | 26.9 | |
| Cane/crutch | .0003 | ||
| No | 87.1 | 12.9 | |
| 1 | 71.2 | 28.8 | |
| 2 | 78.8 | 21.2 | |
| Braces | .1839 | ||
| No | 80.8 | 19.2 | |
| 1 | 75.6 | 24.4 | |
| 2 | 88.5 | 11.5 | |
| Behaviors | |||
| Exercise | <.0001 | ||
| Much less/less | 65.4 | 34.6 | |
| Don’t know | 74.2 | 25.8 | |
| Same/more/much more | 86.9 | 13.1 | |
| Alcohol | .9061 | ||
| No | 80.7 | 19.3 | |
| Yes, but don’t binge | 79.4 | 20.6 | |
| Binge | 78.6 | 21.4 | |
| Pain medication misuse | .0027 | ||
| No | 80.7 | 19.3 | |
| Yes | 64.2 | 35.8 | |