Table 1: Demographic and background data for the whole patient group (n = 59), fallers (n=21) and non-fallers (n=30). Data are presented as median (range) and numbers (frequency).
* Diagnosis groups include: ’Spinal cord injury’: incomplete spinal cord injury (American Spinal Cord Association Impairment Scale: C, D og E) (n = 16), cauda equina syndrome (n = 4). 'Traumatic brain injury': traumatic brain injury (n = 16), anoxic brain injury (n = 1). 'Acquired brain injury': stroke (n = 3), cerebral haemorrhage (n = 4), brain tumour (n = 1), intracranial brain damage (n = 1). ‘Multi Trauma’ (n=6), 'Other diagnoses': burn injury (n = 2), polio (n = 1), Guillain Barré syndrome (n = 2), cerebral paresis (n = 2).
** Patients who replied '‘very much’, ‘quite a bit’, ‘a little’ to a single-item question about fear of falling..
| All (n=59) | Fallers (n=21) | Non fallers (n=30) |
| Age (years) median (range) | 52 (20-76) | 56 (20-72) | 52 (21-76) |
| Gender |
| Women, n (%) | 21 (36) | 10 (48) | 7 (23) |
| Men, n (%) | 38 (64) | 11 (52) | 23 (77) |
| Diagnostic groups* |
| Spinal Cord Injury, n (%) | 20 (34) | 7 (33) | 10 (33) |
| Traumatic brain injury, n (%) | 17 (29) | 5 (24) | 10 (33) |
| Acquired Brain Injury, n (%) | 9 (15) | 3 (14) | 3 (10) |
| Multi Trauma, n (%) | 6 (10) | 3 (14) | 3 (10) |
| Others, n (%) | 7 (12) | 3 (14) | 4 (13) |
| Ambulatory ability |
| Non-independent (FAC 0-3), n (%) | 3 (5) | 1 (5) | 2 (7) |
| Independent on even surfaces (FAC 4), n (%) | 10 (17) | 4 (19) | 4 (13) |
| Independent anywhere (FAC 5), n (%) | 46 (78) | 16 (76) | 24 (80) |
| Dynamic balance |
| Mini-BESTest (points) median (range) | 22 (1-28) | 23 (5-28) | 22 (1-27) |
| Fall-related self-efficacy (n=52) |
| FES-I (points) median (range) | 22 (16-45) | 22 (16-42) | 21 (16-45) |
| Low fall-related selfefficacy (FES-I ≥23), n (%) | 20 (38) | 8 (38) | 12 (40) |
| Fear of falling (n=52) |
| In general, are you afraid of falling? YES**, n (%) | 23 (44) | 9 (43) | 13 (43) |