Table 1. Occurrence of falls in chronic renal patients. São João da Boa Vista, SP, Brazil, 2018-2019 (n* = 131).
Variable | Fall last year | p † | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
No | Yes | ||||
n | % | n | % | ||
Gender | 0.0820 ‡ | ||||
Male | 48 | 69.5 | 21 | 30.4 | |
Female | 34 | 54.8 | 28 | 45.1 | |
Marital status | 0.3273 ‡ | ||||
No partner | 39 | 67.2 | 19 | 32.7 | |
Has a partner | 43 | 58.9 | 30 | 41.1 | |
Systemic Arterial Hypertension | 0.1283 ‡ | ||||
No | 17 | 51.5 | 16 | 48.4 | |
Yes | 65 | 66.3 | 33 | 33.6 | |
Diabetes Mellitus | 0.0067 ‡ | ||||
No | 58 | 71.6 | 23 | 28.4 | |
Yes | 24 | 48.0 | 26 | 52.0 | |
Limb amputation | 0.5356 § | ||||
No | 74 | 61.6 | 46 | 38.3 | |
Yes | 8 | 72.7 | 3 | 27.2 | |
Difficulty walking | 0.0314 ‡ | ||||
No | 51 | 70.8 | 21 | 29.1 | |
Yes | 31 | 52.5 | 28 | 47.4 | |
Walking aid device | 0.0025 ‡ | ||||
No | 76 | 67.8 | 36 | 32.1 | |
Yes | 6 | 31.5 | 13 | 68.4 | |
Bone Mineral Disease | 0.6483 ‡ | ||||
No | 66 | 61.6 | 41 | 38.3 | |
Yes | 16 | 66.6 | 8 | 33.3 | |
Tilburg | 0.4834 ‡ | ||||
Not frail | 47 | 65.2 | 25 | 34.7 | |
Frail | 35 | 59.3 | 24 | 40.6 |
n = Number of patients;
p = Value;
p = Value obtained through the Chi-Square test;
p = Value obtained through Fisher’s exact test