Fear of Falling in Women with Fibromyalgia and Its Relation with Number of Falls and Balance Performance
Table 2
Effects of group (with or without FM) and age on key measures.
Age group
Healthy controls
Women with fibromyalgia
Group effect
Age effect
Interaction Group age
Mean
SD
Mean
SD
value
Partial eta-squared
value
Partial eta-squared
value
Partial eta-squared
BMI
<50
24.31
3.48
24.03
4.09
.704
.001
.001
.058
.541
.005
50–59
25.81
3.81
25.64
3.71
>60
26.04
3.20
27.08
4.34
Fat mass
<50
32.52
6.06
30.96
8.40
.636
.001
<.001
.072
.520
.006
50–59
35.60
6.20
34.89
5.74
>60
35.58
5.93
36.60
7.41
Muscular mass
<50
64.12
5.75
65.92
8.75
.637
.001
<.001
.072
.488
.006
50–59
61.21
5.88
61.56
6.13
>60
61.24
5.65
60.33
7.15
Health VAS
<50
82.50
14.92
45.32
21.98
<.001
.454
.125
.018
.848
.001
50–59
87.27
12.97
52.69
24.20
>60
83.55
15.51
50.00
20.60
Number of falls in the last year
<50
0.60
1.50
1.23
2.60
<.001
.066
.602
.005
.493
.006
50–59
0.23
0.61
1.31
2.26
>60
0.38
0.73
1.81
2.88
Number of falls in the last 6 months
<50
0.31
0.84
0.90
1.90
<.001
.061
.580
.005
.777
.002
50–59
0.05
0.21
0.80
1.53
>60
0.21
0.56
0.69
1.15
Fear of falling
<50
22.98
25.69
36.77
34.97
.042
.018
<.001
.075
.181
.015
50–59
38.95
37.57
55.09
33.79
>60
54.14
32.60
51.25
29.70
Balance EOFS (sway index)
<50
0.53
0.21
0.75
0.57
.007
.031
.866
.001
.193
.015
50–59
0.57
0.18
0.77
0.53
>60
0.67
0.27
0.67
0.27
Balance ECFS (sway index)
<50
0.81
0.39
1.33
1.08
<.001
.078
.463
.007
.374
.009
50–59
0.79
0.26
1.23
0.95
>60
0.82
0.32
1.03
0.43
Balance EOUS (sway index)
<50
0.87
0.21
1.26
0.73
<.001
.087
.002
.055
.099
.020
50–59
0.99
0.23
1.31
0.49
>60
1.29
0.39
1.37
0.36
Balance ECUS (sway index)
<50
2.24
0.39
2.77
0.98
<.001
.064
<.001
.090
.678
.003
50–59
2.70
0.82
3.15
0.89
>60
3.00
0.70
3.29
0.90
Strength (number of repetitions)
<50
13.63
2.58
10.56
2.56
<.001
.201
<.001
.074
.235
.013
50–59
11.92
1.97
10.00
1.91
>60
11.48
2.67
9.48
2.26
EQ-5D-5L utility index
<50
0.97
0.06
0.49
0.24
<.001
.606
.308
.010
.214
.014
50–59
0.95
0.10
0.56
0.22
>60
0.92
0.08
0.50
0.22
EOFS: eyes open on firm surface; ECFS: eyes closed on firm surface; EOUS: eyes open on unstable surface; ECUS: eyes closed on unstable surface; VAS: Visual Analog Scale.
