Falls in people with multiple sclerosis compared with falls in healthy controls.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To compare the risk, circumstances, consequences and causes of prospectively recorded falls between people with multiple sclerosis (PwMS) and healthy controls of similar age and gender.

Methods

58 PwMS and 58 healthy controls, who are community-dwelling, were recruited in this 6-month prospective cohort study. 90% of PwMS and 84% of healthy controls completed the study. Participants counted falls prospectively using fall calendars and noted fall location, fall-related injuries, and the cause of the falls. Kaplan Meier survival analysis and log-rank tests were performed to compare the distributions of survival without falling between PwMS and healthy controls.

Results

40.8% of controls and 71.2% of PwMS fell at least once. 48.1% of PwMS and 18.4% of healthy c

SUBMITTER: Mazumder R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4177842 | biostudies-literature | 2014

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature