Research Article

Validity of 12-Month Falls Recall in Community-Dwelling Older Women Participating in a Clinical Trial

Table 1

Proportion of participants by number of falls.

Daily falls calendar12-month falls recall question
Number of falls reportedProportion of participants ()Category selectedProportion of participants ()

None 57.2% (1198)Never63.4% (1334)
1 25.7% (538)A few times31.8% (667)
2 9.8% (205)Several times 4.1% (86)
33.8% (80)Regularly 0.4% (9)
42.1% (43)
50.6% (13)
60.4% (8)
>60.5% (11)

Total100% (2096)100% (2096)