A Research on Functional Status, Environmental Conditions, and Risk of Falls in Dementia

Table 2

Prevalence of falls and associations with sociodemographic factors.

	Whole	𝑛	𝑛 %	95% CI	𝜒^2	𝑃 value
Environment quality
<5 factors*	280	66	23.6	18.98–28.88	11.05	0.001
≥5 factors	930	140	15.1	12.90–17.49
Environment facility
≤3 factors	1052	186	17.7	15.49–20.1	2.45	0.070
>3 factors	158	20	12.7	8.35–18.75
Disability
Normal	823	127	15.4	13.12–18.06	4.18	0.026
Disabled	328	67	20.4	16.42–25.12
Functional test
<20 s*	559	76	13.6	11.01–16.69	14.44	0.001
≥20 s	389	89	22.9	18.98–27.31
Physical activity
Low	672	123	18.3	15.56–21.4	1.75	0.106
Moderate to high	538	83	15.4	12.62–18.73
Sex differences
Males	438	65	14.8	11.82–18.47	2.32	0.074
Females	772	141	18.3	15.69–21.14
Marital status
Single	665	129	19.4	16.57–22.58	5.75	0.010
Married	543	77	14.2	11.5–17.37
Ethnicity
Malays*	550	73	13.3	10.69–16.36	10.20	0.001
Non-Malays	658	133	20.2	17.32–23.45
Educational level
No	775	143	18.5	15.88–21.33	2.82	0.054
Yes	430	63	14.7	11.62–18.31

Significant at the 0.05 level using the chi-square test.
*Reference group.