Table 3. Descriptive Information on Falls Injuries by Accelerometer-measured Minutes per day of Moderate/Vigorous Physical Activity.
| Accelerometer-measured minutes per day in MVPA | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | Quartile 1(<25.1) | Quartile 2(25.1-<44.1) | Quartile 3(44.1-<69.3) | Quartile 4(≥69.3) | |
| Interviews Completed a, n | 2495 | 726 | 554 | 579 | 636 |
| Interview-reported injurious fall, No. (% of fall interviews) | 763 (30.6) | 192 (26.4) | 187 (33.8) | 183 (31.6) | 201 (31.6) |
| Received medical treatment after injurious fall, No. (% of fall interviews) b | 287 (11.5) | 85 (11.7) | 82 (14.8) | 63 (10.9) | 57 (9.0) |
| Type of medical treatment, No. (% medically treated) | |||||
| Hospital admission | 28 (3.7) | 11 (5.7) | 8 (4.3) | 3 (1.6) | 6 (3.0) |
| Emergency room visit | 127 (16.6) | 33 (17.2) | 41 (21.9) | 28 (15.3) | 25 (12.4) |
| Doctor's office visit | 98 (12.8) | 28 (14.6) | 28 (15.0) | 23 (12.6) | 19 (9.5) |
| Medically treated by someone other than a doctor | 34 (4.5) | 13 (6.8) | 5 (2.7) | 9 (4.9) | 7 (3.5) |
| Self treated or treated by non-medical person | 437 (57.3) | 98 (51.0) | 93 (49.7) | 116 (63.4) | 130 (64.7) |
| Was seriously injured, No. (% of injurious falls) b,c | 349 (45.7) | 98 (51.0) | 98 (53.0) | 78 (43.1) | 75 (37.3) |
| Types of injuries, No. (% of injurious falls) d | |||||
| Fracture | 108 (14.2) | 27 (14.1) | 36 (19.3) | 25 (13.7) | 20 (10.0) |
| Sprain | 122 (16.0) | 31 (16.2) | 29 (15.5) | 32 (17.5) | 30 (14.9) |
| Bruising | 528 (69.2) | 138 (71.9) | 123 (65.8) | 129 (70.5) | 138 (68.7) |
| Cut | 145 (19.0) | 45 (23.4) | 33 (17.7) | 28 (15.3) | 39 (19.4) |
| Scrape | 268 (35.1) | 65 (33.9) | 60 (32.1) | 68 (37.2) | 75 (37.3) |
| Soreness | 620 (81.3) | 162 (84.4) | 151 (80.8) | 140 (76.5) | 167 (83.1) |
a
Women could be interviewed multiple times.
b
P <0.001.
c
Serious injury defined as receiving medical treatment or suffering fracture or sprain.
d
Multiple injuries possible. Abbreviations: MVPA, moderate/vigorous physical activity.