Impact of Documented Fall-Risk, Self-Reported Health and Confidence to Prevent Falls on Concern About Falling Among Community-Dwelling Older Adults: Secondary Analysis of a Randomized Clinical Trial

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Table 1 Characteristics of Participants According to Their Concern About Falling

Variables	Overall n=178	Concern About Falling Groups (Based on Falls Efficacy Scale International-Short [FESI-S])			p-value
		Low (7–8) n=27	Moderate (9–13) n=79	High (14+) n=72
Age in years, mean (SD)	80.1 (7.8)	81.7 (8.1)	79.3 (7.4)	80.3 (8.0)	0.35
Female, n (%)	120 (67.4)	19 (70.4)	52 (65.8)	49 (68.1)	0.90
Health status, mean (SD)	2.7 (1.0)	2.2 (1.2)	2.5 (0.9)	3.1 (1.0)	<0.001
Confidence to prevent falls, mean (SD)	7.6 (1.7)	9.0 (1.4)	7.4 (1.6)	7.2 (1.6)	<0.001
Number of selected diagnoses, mean (SD)	1.2 (1.1)	1.2 (1.0)	1.1 (1.0)	1.4 (1.2)	0.12
Area Deprivation Index, mean (SD)	18.4 (11.8)	21.2 (15.8)	16.9 (11.3)	19.0 (10.4)	0.23
STEADI score, mean (SD)	6.9 (2.6)	5.7 (2.1)	6.4 (2.2)	8.0 (2.7)	<0.001
STEADI physical function performance tests, duration in seconds, mean (SD)^a
Feet together stand^b	10.0 (0.2)	10.0 (0.0)	10.0 (0.0)	10.0 (0.3)	0.47
Semi-tandem stand^b	10.0 (0.4)	10.0 (0.0)	9.95 (0.3)	9.9 (0.5)	0.78
Tandem stand^b	8.8 (2.6)	8.9 (2.7)	9.1 (2.3)	8.5 (2.9)	0.67
One-legged stand^b	6.4 (3.9)	6.7 (3.9)	7.5 (3.7)	4.8 (3.7)	0.01
STEADI physical function performance tests, counts, mean (SD)^c
Sit-to-stand	10.2 (3.8)	11.3 (3.5)	10.3 (3.9)	9.8 (3.8)	0.48

Notes: STEADI: Stopping Elderly Accidents, Deaths, and Injuries. For outcomes that were ordinal, we tested with non-parametric (Kruskal–Wallis) tests and ended with similar results to one-way ANOVA. Reported mean and standard deviation for simplicity. ^an= 96 for feet together stand and semi-tandem stand, n=93 for tandem stand, n=87 for one-legged stand, and n=90 for sit-to-stand. ^bMaximum duration is 10 seconds. ^cNumber of sit-to-stand counts in 30-seconds.

Table 2 Predictors of Concern About Falling Categories

Model	Independent Variables	OR	95% CI
Full Model (n= 178)
	STEADI score	1.21	(1.07–1.39)
	Health rating	1.67	(1.21–2.32)
	Confidence to reduce falling rating	0.73	(0.60–0.87)
STEADI physical function subgroup (n=87)
	STEADI score	1.25	(0.99–1.60)
	Health rating	1.53	(0.94–2.54)
	Confidence to reduce falling rating	0.62	(0.47–0.82)
	One-legged stand	0.92	(0.81–1.03)

Abbreviation: STEADI, Stopping Elderly Accidents, Deaths, and Injuries.

Data Sharing Statement

Deidentified data are available from the corresponding author upon request.