Table 4. Prevalence of falls in chronic kidney patients. São João da Boa Vista, SP, Brazil, 2018-2019 (n* = 131).
Independent variables | PR † | CI ‡ (95%) | p § | |
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Lower limit | Upper limit | |||
Fall in the last year | ||||
Gender (ref ǁ = Male) | 1.61 | 1.03 | 2.50 | 0.0358 |
DM ¶ (ref = No) | 1.93 | 1.19 | 3.13 | 0.0075 |
Walking aid device (ref = No) | 2.32 | 1.35 | 4.00 | 0.0023 |
High risk of fall | ||||
Difficulty walking (ref = No) | 1.88 | 1.14 | 3.10 | 0.0131 |
Walking aid device (ref = No) | 1.97 | 1.26 | 3.08 | 0.0032 |
“Very/Extremely concerned about falling” | ||||
Schooling | 0.94 | 0.88 | 0.99 | 0.0399 |
Difficulty walking (ref = No) | 4.74 | 1.85 | 12.16 | 0.0012 |
Tilburg (ref = Not frail) | 2.47 | 1.03 | 5.94 | 0.0435 |
n = Number of participants;
PR= Prevalence ratio;
IC = Confidence interval;
Poisson regression;
ref = reference;
DM = Diabetes mellitus