The Stay Independent Brochure as a Screening Evaluation for Fall Risk in an Elderly Thai Population

Figures & data

Table 1 Characteristics of the Participants (n = 480)

Characteristics	n	(%)
Gender
Male	228	(47.5)
Female	252	(52.5)
Age (year)
65–69	178	(37.1)
70–74	110	(22.9)
75–79	100	(20.8)
≥ 80	92	(19.2)
Civil status
Single	36	(7.5)
Married	295	(61.5)
Widowed	136	(28.3)
Separated	13	(2.7)
Living situation
Lives with companion	449	(93.5)
Living alone	31	(6.5)
Education
None	32	(6.7)
Primary school	391	(81.4)
Secondary school	47	(9.8)
Bachelor and above	10	(2.1)
Employment status
Did not work	320	(66.7)
Still working	160	(33.3)
Use of assistive device
No	385	(80.2)
Yes	95	(19.8)
Fall history over past 1 year
No	326	(67.9)
Yes	154	(32.1)
Concern about falling
No	324	(67.5)
Yes	156	(32.5)

Table 2 Factor, Eigenvalues, Percentage of Variance, and Percentage of Cumulative Variance of the Two Versions Thai Stay Independent Brochure (n = 480)

Thai Stay Independent Brochure-12 Questions				Thai Stay Independent Brochure-18 Questions
Factor	Eigenvalue	% of Variance	% of Cumulative Variance	Factor	Eigenvalue	% of Variance	% of Cumulative Variance
1	3.94	32.8	32.8	1	4.47	24.8	24.8
2	1.16	9.7	42.5	2	1.73	9.6	34.4
3	1.08	9.0	51.5	3	1.22	6.8	41.5
				4	1.14	6.4	47.5
				5	1.08	6.0	53.5
				6	1.00	5.6	59.1

Table 3 Factor Loading in Each Question of the Two Versions Thai Stay Independent Brochure (n = 480)

Questions	Factor Loading of Thai Stay Independent Brochure-12 Questions			Factor Loading of Thai Stay Independent Brochure −18 Questions
	Factor1	Factor 2	Factor 3	Factor 1	Factor 2	Factor 3	Factor 4	Factor 5	Factor 6
1. Fall in the last year			0.659					0.747
2. Fear of Falls			0.674		0.574
3. Feel unstable while standing/walking	0.783			0.761
4. Use walking aids	0.810			0.766
5. Hold furniture while walking	0.740			0.774
6. Lean on hands while standing up	0.676			0.759
7. Difficulty stepping up	0.731			0.776
8. Rush to bathroom		0.593				0.396
9. Numbness on feet		0.730				0.733
10. Feel dizzy, exhausted from taking medication	0.397						0.774
11. Take sleeping pills, anxiety relieve		0.432							0.735
12. Depression			0.642					0.359
13. Dizzy while changing posture							0.693
14. Feet or knees hurt/pain and not gone in one day						0.692
15. Admitted to hospital in the last 6 month								0.655
16. Take many types of medicine, more than 4									0.620
17. Count finger correctly in 3 meters, at least 3 in 4 times					0.799
18. Unable to read first page of newspaper in 1 foot					0.662
Eigenvalues	3.94	1.16	1.08	4.47	1.73	1.22	1.14	1.08	1.00
Percent of variance	32.8	9.7	9.0	24.8	9.6	6.8	6.4	6.0	5.6

Table 4 The Relationship Between Thai Stay Independent Brochure and Other Falling Risk Evaluating Tools (n = 480)

Functional Fitness Test	Thai Stay Independent Brochure-12 Questions		Thai Stay Independent Brochure-18 Questions
r	P-value	r	P-value
Time up and go test	0.330	< 0.001	0.358	< 0.001
Berg balance scale	−0.499	< 0.001	−0.484	< 0.001