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

Table 2

Falls beyond home: locations and fall-related activity (𝑁=249).

		All	Group
			Single fallers	Repeat fallers	Very frequent fallers
Falls (𝑁)		249	19	152	78
Location	Street/car park	95 (38%)	8 (42%)	58 (38%)	29 (37%)
	Buildings	85 (34%)	6 (32%)	47 (31%)	32 (41%)
	Green spaces	59 (24%)	5 (26%)	39 (26%)	15 (19%)
	In transit	10 (4%)	0	8 (5%)	2 (3%)
	Total	249	19	152	78
Activity	Walking	129 (52%)	11 (58%)	79 (52%)	39 (50%)
	Strenuous (including shopping)	44 (18%)	4 (21%)	28 (18%)	12 (15%)
	Vehicle transfers	22 (9%)	1 (5%)	13 (9%)	8 (10%)
	On steps	16 (6%)	1 (5%)	12 (8%)	4 (5%)
	Standing	12 (5%)	0	7 (5%)	5 (6%)
	Sit or stand transfers	12 (5%)	2 (11%)	5 (3%)	5 (6%)
	Toileting/dressing	5 (2%)	0	3 (2%)	2 (3%)
	Total	240 (96%)	19 (100%)	146 (96%)	75 (96%)

𝑁: number, %: percent.