The Association between Sleep Problems, Sleep Medication Use, and Falls in Community-Dwelling Older Adults: Results from the Health and Retirement Study 2010

Table 2

Distribution of predictor variables against falls in community-dwelling older adults in the US, 2010.

Variables	Fallers	Nonfallers
	(%)	(%)
Sleep problems
Yes	1698 (47.2)	2362 (37.2)
No	1849 (52.8)	3934 (62.8)
Sleep medication use
Yes	888 (24.8)	1140 (18.8)
No	2659 (75.2)	5156 (81.2)
Sleep problems + sleep medication use
No sleep problem + no sleep med use	1515 (43.3)	3443 (54.8)
No sleep problem + sleep med use	334 (9.6)	491 (8.0)
Sleep problem + no sleep med use	1144 (31.9)	1713 (26.4)
Sleep problem + sleep med use	554 (15.2)	649 (10.8)

Note. Data source: 2010 HRS dataset (RAND HRS data file and 2010 HRS core physical health file). Results are reported in weighted percentages.
Column percentages are significantly different by Rao-Scott chi-square test and cannot be calculated based on raw numbers.
No sleep problem + no sleep med use = participants who reported no sleep problems and no use of sleep medications.
No sleep problem + sleep med use = participants who reported no sleep problems but use of sleep medications.
Sleep problem + no sleep med use = participants who reported sleep problems and no use of sleep medications.
Sleep problem + sleep med use = participants who reported sleep problems and use of sleep medications.