Falls and falls-related injuries in individuals with chronic ankle symptoms: a cross-sectional study

Table 2 Falls-related outcomes for participants with chronic ankle symptoms (n = 134) and controls (n = 92)

	Chronic ankle symptoms	Controls	Effect size
Fallers, n (%)	86 (64%)	24 (26%)	38% [26, 50]
Fallers with multiple (> 1) falls, n (%)	53 (40%)	7 (8%)	0.3% [0.2, 0.4]
Injured fallers, n (%) ^b	41 (31%)	3 (3%)	35% [18, 52]
Bruises/cuts/grazes, n (%) ^b	47 (55%)	3 (13%)	42% [25, 59]
Sprains/strains, n (%) ^b	16 (19%)	1 (4%)	14% [3, 26]
Fractures/dislocations, n (%) ^b	14 (16%)	0 (0%)	16% [7, 26]
Hospitalisations, n (%) ^b	13 (32%)	0 (0%)	32% [4, 67] ^
High concern about falling, n (%)	44 (33%)	1 (1%)	32% [24, 40]
Moderate concern about falling, n (%)	52 (39%)	12 (13%)	26% [15, 37]
Low concern about falling, n (%)	38 (28%)	79 (86%)	-58% [-68, -47]
FES-I, 16–64^a	24.3 (7.9)	21.4 (8.2)	2.9 [0.5, 5.2]
ABC, %^a	78.4 (19.9)	88.4 (20.7)	-10.0 [-15.9, -4.1]

ABC The Activities-Specific Balance Confidence Scale, FES-I The Falls Efficacy Scale-International
Data are presented as number (%) and risk difference (RD) (95% CI), and analysed using chi-squared tests unless otherwise stated
^aData presented as mean (standard deviation) and mean differences (MD) and 95% confidence interval (CI), and analysed using ANCOVA (age, sex, and severity of pain in body in areas other than the ankle as covariates)
^bPercentage is calculated from the number of fallers in each group (e.g., # hospitalized/# fallers)

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