Table 1.
Baseline characteristics of 328 fallers aged 65 and older
| Demographic | % * |
|---|---|
| Age | |
| 65–74 | 30.2 |
| 75–84 | 48.2 |
| 85+ | 21.6 |
| Gender | |
| Female | 72.3 |
| Race | |
| White | 97.2 |
| African–American | 1.0 |
| Other | 1.8 |
| Annual income | |
| 0–9,999 | 9.5 |
| 10,000–24,999 | 35.7 |
| 25,000–49,999 | 24.7 |
| 50,000+ | 18.0 |
| DK/Refused | 12.2 |
| Living arrangement | |
| Alone | 59.5 |
| With spouse | 30.8 |
| With family | 7.0 |
| Other | 2.7 |
| Years of school completed (mean ± SD) | 14.3 ± 4.0 |
| Clinical | Mean ± SD |
| Short Portable Mental Status Questionnaire (SPMSQ). (Maximum impairment score = 10) (Pfeiffer 1975) | 0.8 ± 1.8 |
| Barthel Activities of Daily Living (ADL) score. (Maximum functional score = 100) (Mahoney and Barthel 1965) | 88 ± 18 |
| Modified Activities-specific Balance Confidence (ABC) score. (Maximum confidence score = 10) (Powell and Myers 1995) | 6.0 ± 2.1 |
*Rounding may result in totals slightly over or under 100%.