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. 2020 Jun 8;28:e3289. doi: 10.1590/1518-8345.3911.3289

Table 3. Fear of falling in chronic kidney patients. São João da Boa Vista, SP, Brazil, 2018-2019 (n* = 131).

Variable FES (fear of falling) p
No/Little Very/Extremely
n % N %
Gender         0.0040 §
Male 61 88.4 8 11.5  
Female 42 67.7 20 32.2  
Marital status         0.8648 §
No partner 46 79.3 12 20.6  
Has a partner 57 78.0 16 21.9  
Systemic Arterial Hypertension 0.6421 §
No 25 75.7 8 24.2  
Yes 78 79.5 20 20.4  
Diabetes Mellitus         0.1461 §
No 67 82.7 14 17.2  
Yes 36 72.0 14 28.0  
Limb amputation         0.7010 ǁ
No 95 79.1 25 20.8  
Yes 8 72.7 3 27.2  
Difficulty walking         <0.0001 §
No 67 93.0 5 6.9  
Yes 36 61.0 23 38.9  
Walking aid device         0.2395 ǁ
No 90 80.3 22 19.6  
Yes 13 68.4 6 31.5  
Bone Mineral Disease         0.1138 §
No 87 81.3 20 18.6  
Yes 16 66.6 8 33.3  
Tilburg         <0.0001 §
Not frail 66 91.6 6 8.3  
Frail 37 62.7 22 37.2  
*

n = Number of participants;

FES = Fall Efficacy Scale;

p = p-value;

§

p = Value by Chi-square test;

ǁ

p = Value by Fisher’s exact test