Research Article
Prevalence and Associated Risk Factors of Falls among Rural Community-Dwelling Older People: A Cross-Sectional Study from Southern Sri Lanka
Table 2
Falls related information (n=103).
| Details about falls | Frequency (Percentage %) |
| Number of falls within last 12-month period | One | 74 (71.8) | Two | 10 (9.7) | Three or more | 19 (18.4) |
| Time gap between first and second fall (n= 29) | <6 months | 18 (62.1) | 6-12 months | 11 (37.9) |
| Time of last fall | Early morning | 25 (24.3) | Day time | 54 (52.4) | Night | 24 (23.3) |
| Place of fall | At home environment | 74 (71.8) | Outside home environment | 29 (28.2) |
| Location of fall at home | When stepping stairs | 35 (34.0) | On the floor | 17 (16.5) | In the garden | 17 (16.5) | Toilet | 14 (13.6) | Bathing place | 12 (11.7) | When getting out of bed | 7 (6.8) | Chair | 1 (1.0) |
| Experienced fall related injuries | Yes | 37 (35.9) | No | 66 (64.1) |
| Injury site (n= 37) | Wrist | 15 (40.5) | Hip | 9 (24.3) | Ankle | 5 (13.5) | Skull | 3 ( 8.1) | Knee | 2 ( 5.4) | Femur shaft | 2 ( 5.4) | Backbone | 1 ( 2.7) |
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