Research Article
Expanding Assessment of Fear of Falling among Older Adults with an Intellectual Disability: A Pilot Study to Assess the Value of Proxy Responses
Table 1
Demographic profile of respondents.
| | Self-reporting person | Key worker | Additional support worker |
| Gender | | % | | % | | % |
| Male | 7 | 33.3 | 3 | 14.3 | 2 | 9.5 | Female | 14 | 66.7 | 18 | 85.7 | 19 | 90.5 |
| Age | Mean age | St Dev | Mean age | St Dev | Mean age | St Dev |
| | 53.57 | ±6.33 | 34.81 | ±8.67 | 41.33 | ±10.77 |
| Length of time working with SR | | | | % | | % |
| <6 months | | | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4.8 | 6 and 12 months | | | 1 | 4.8 | 1 | 4.8 | >12 months | | | 20 | 95.2 | 19 | 90.5 |
| Job role | | | | % | | % |
| Staff nurse | | | 6 | 28.6 | 0 | 0 | Health care assistant | | | 5 | 23.8 | 9 | 42.9 | Trainer/instructor | | | 5 | 23.8 | 5 | 23.8 | Manager | | | 3 | 14.3 | 6 | 28.6 | Social care worker | | | 1 | 4.8 | 0 | 0 | Houseparent | | | 1 | 4.8 | 1 | 14.8 |
|
|