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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2022 Aug 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Am Med Dir Assoc. 2020 Nov 13;22(8):1646–1651. doi: 10.1016/j.jamda.2020.09.038

Table 3.

Fall Risk Stratification by Fall Screen and SPPB Performance

− Fall Screen (n=190) + Fall Screen (n=226)
− Fall History or
Good Balance Self Efficacy*
+ Fall History or
Poor Balance Self Efficacy*
REFERENCE 10.05 [7.03-14.37]
SPPB Low Performers (n=19) SPPB Middle Performers (n=72) SPPB Best Performers (n=99) SPPB Low Performers (n=64) SPPB Middle Performers (n=80) SPPB Best Performers (n=82)
1.35 [0.39-4.71] 1.23 [0.56-2.70] REFERENCE 1.48 [1.03-2.12] 1.21 [0.88-1.68] REFERENCE
*

Poor self-efficacy was categorized as an Activities Balance Specific Confidence Scale <67 (out of 100).

Short Physical Performance Battery (SPPB) Low Performance Group Total Score 4-6, Middle Performance Group Total Score 7-9, and Best Performance Group used as reference (REF) Total Score 10-12.

Rate ratios and 95% confidence intervals from negative binomial regression models, adjusted for age, gender, race, education level, comorbid conditions, BMI, psychotropic drugs, physical activity, pain, and depression