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)