Research Article
Injury Related to Fall and Its Predictors among Medically Diagnosed Adults with Visual Impairment in Ethiopia: An Observational Cross-Sectional Study
Table 1
The sociodemographic characteristics of the study participants, Gondar, Ethiopia (n = 320).
| Variables | Categories | Frequency (n) | Percent (%) |
| Age in years (mean age ((55.94 ± 14.2)) | 22–44 | 79 | 24.6 | 45–64 | 132 | 41.3 | Greater than 64 | 109 | 34.1 | Sex | Male | 187 | 58.4 | Female | 133 | 41.6 | Residence | Urban | 129 | 40.3 | Rural | 191 | 59.7 | Marital status | Not married | 12 | 3.8 | Married | 256 | 80.0 | Divorced | 29 | 9.1 | Windowed | 23 | 7.2 | Religion | Orthodox Christian | 289 | 90.3 | Protestant | 2 | 0.6 | Muslim | 29 | 9.1 | Occupation | Housewife | 94 | 29.4 | Farmer | 142 | 44.4 | Civil servant | 30 | 9.4 | Merchant | 31 | 9.7 | Unemployed | 7 | 2.2 | Retired | 15 | 4.7 | Student | 1 | 0.3 | BMI (kg/m2) (mean 19.97 kg/m2 (±2.2) | Underweight (<18.5) | 82 | 25.6 | Normal (18.5–24.9) | 225 | 70.3 | Overweight (25–29.9) | 13 | 4.1 | Obese (>29.9) | 0.0 | 0.0 | Income (ETB/month) | <1000 | 137 | 42.8 | 1000–2000 | 99 | 30.9 | 2001–3000 | 46 | 14.4 | >3000 | 38 | 11.9 | Level of education | No formal school | 189 | 59.1 | Primary school | 67 | 20.9 | Secondary school | 28 | 8.8 | Diploma | 17 | 5.3 | Degree and above | 19 | 5.9 | Smoking habit | Never | 305 | 95.3 | Past smoker | 5 | 1.6 | Current smoker | 10 | 3.1 | Drinking alcohol habit | Never | 194 | 60.6 | Past alcoholic | 37 | 11.6 | Current alcoholic | 89 | 27.8 | Physical exercise | No | 277 | 86.6 | Yes | 43 | 13.6 | Taking medication | No | 218 | 68.1 | Yes | 102 | 31.9 | Types of medication () | Antihypertensive | 25 | 24.5 | Psychotropic medication | 6 | 5.9 | Diabetic medication | 19 | 18.6 | Medication for different eye diseases | 41 | 40.2 | Unspecified | 11 | 10.8 | Number of medications/day () | One | 76 | 74.5 | Two | 19 | 18.6 | Three and more | 7 | 6.9 |
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