Research Article
Knowledge and Perception of Falls among Community Dwelling Elderly: A Study from Southern Sri Lanka
Table 1
Sociodemographic profile of the study sample (
).
| | Socio demographic characteristics | Female
(%)
() | Male
(%)
() | Total
(%)
() |
| | Age group | | | | | 65–74 y | 122 (69.7) | 78 (62.4) | 200 (66.7) | | 75 y and above | 53 (30.3) | 47 (37.6) | 100 (33.3) |
| | Level of education | | | | | No schooling | 10 (5.7) | 13 (10.4) | 23 (7.7) | | Primary education | 60 (34.2) | 33 (26.4) | 93 (31.0) | | Secondary education | 81 (46.3) | 67 (53.6) | 148 (49.3) | | Upper secondary or above | 24 (13.7) | 12 (9.6) | 36 (12.0) |
| | Marital status | | | | | Married | 98 (56.0) | 103 (82.4) | 201 (67.0) | | Single | 14 (8.0) | 05 (4.0) | 19 (6.3) | | Widowed | 57 (32.6) | 16 (12.8) | 73 (24.3) | | Divorced | 03 (1.7) | 01 (0.8) | 04 (1.3) | | Separated | 03 (1.7) | 00 (0.0) | 03 (1.0) |
| | Living companion | | | | | With spouse or children | 151 (86.3) | 117 (93.6) | 268 (89.3) | | Alone | 24 (13.7) | 08 (6.4) | 32 (10.7) |
| | Previous employment status | | | | | Employed | 27 (15.4) | 35 (28.0) | 62 (20.7) | | Not employed | 148 (84.6) | 90 (72.0) | 238 (79.3) |
| | Monthly income (LKR) | | | | | <10000 | 73 (41.7) | 59 (47.2) | 132 (44.0) | | 10000–20000 | 94 (53.7) | 55 (44.0) | 149 (49.7) | | 20000–50000 | 8 (4.6) | 11 (8.8) | 19 (6.3) |
| | Satisfy about accessibility to health and social care services | | | | | Yes | 84 (48.0) | 67 (53.6) | 151 (50.3) | | No | 91 (52.0) | 58 (46.4) | 149 (49.7) |
| | Experienced at least one fall during previous 12 months period | | | | | Yes | 71 (40.6) | 32 (25.6) | 103 (34.3) | | No | 104 (59.4) | 93 (74.4) | 197 (65.7) |
| | Experienced fall related injuries | | | | | Yes | 27 (38.0) | 10 (31.2) | 37 (35.9) | | No | 44 (62.0) | 22 (68.8) | 66 (64.1) |
| | 1 LKR = 150 USD |
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