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/m^2 (±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