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Table 4 Fall-related activity avoidance in relation to a history falls/near fallsa, fear of fallingb and disease severity (N = 251)

From: Fall-related activity avoidance in relation to a history of falls or near falls, fear of falling and disease severity in people with Parkinson’s disease

Variable

Fall-related activity avoidance

mSAFFEc

 

Dichotomous question (yes)

 

median (q1-q3)

p-value

n (%)

p-value

History of fall

 

<0.001*

 

<0.001*

 No fall, n = 141

20 (18–28)d

 

42 (30)b

 

 Single fall, n = 38

25 (17–31)

 

19 (50)

 

 Recurrent falls (>1), n = 72

28 (22–35)e

 

41 (57)

 

History of near fall

 

<0.001

 

<0.001

 No near falls or falls, n = 88

19 (17–22)f

 

15 (17)

 

 Near falls, but no falls, n = 51

25 (19–33)a

 

26 (51)

 

Fear of falling

 

<0.001

 

<0.001

 No, n = 129

19 (17–22)f

 

17 (13)

 

 Yes, n = 121

30 (23–35)d

 

85 (70)

 

Disease severity, HY stages

 

<0.001**

 

<0.001**

 I, n = 50

19 (17–25)

 

12 (24)

 

 II, n = 72

19 (17–24)b

 

14 (19)

 

 III, n = 67

23 (19–31)f

 

31 (46)

 

 IV+ V, n = 62

32 (26–39)d

 

45 (74)b

 
  1. q1-q3 first-third quartile, mSAFFE modified Survey of Activities and Fear of Falling in the Elderly (17–51, higher = more avoidance), HY Hoehn and Yahr (1–5, higher = worse)
  2. *All subsequent unpaired comparisons showed a statistical significant difference (Bonferroni correction criterion of P < 0.016) except between no fall-single fall for mSAFFE, and except between no fall-single fall and single fall-recurrent fall for dichotomous question
  3. **All subsequent unpaired comparisons showed a statistical significant difference (Bonferroni correction criterion of P < 0.0083) except between HY I-II for mSAFFE, and except between HY I-II and I-III for the dichotomous question
  4. a n = 2 missing values, b n = 1 missing, c n = 11 missing, d n = 7 missing, e n = 4 missing and f n = 3 missing