Slow Down and Concentrate: Time for a Paradigm Shift in Fall Prevention among People with Parkinson’s Disease?

Table 1

Characteristics of participants.

		All	Group
			Single fallers	Repeat fallers	Very frequent fallers
Participants	𝑁 (%)	136	19 (14)	86 (63)	31 (23)
Falls	𝑁 (%)	249	19 (8)	152 (61)	78 (31)
Gender	M : F	86 : 50	10 : 9	55 : 31	21 : 10
Age in years	Median (IQR)	72 (66–77)	68 (65–77)	73 (67–78)	73 (64–78)
	Min–Max	54–91	57–91	54–85	58–91
Years diagnosed	Median (IQR)	8 (4–12)	5 (2–7)	9 (5–12)	11 (5–16)
	Min–Max	1–31	1–17	1–18	1–31
Falls at home	Median (IQR)	2 (0–6)	0	1 (0–3)	18 (10–33)
Falls beyond home	Median (IQR)	2 (1–3)	1 (1-1)	2 (1–3)	6 (3–12)
	Min–Max	1–60	1-1	1–11	1–60
Walking aid indoors	𝑁 (%)	49 (36)	1 (5)	27 (31)	21 (68)
Walking aid outdoors	𝑁 (%)	86 (63)	12 (63)	49 (57)	25 (81)
Change in to out	% increase	76	1100	81	19
Falls described/faller	Median	2	1	2	3

𝑁: number; %: percent; M : F: male to females; IQR: interquartile range.