38 Thirdly, it is possible that the stoics had a low perceived fall risk because they had not experienced many previous falls, and therefore had less reason to consider they might fall in the future.
The physiological fall risk was entered first, followed by all variables showing a univariate relation with perceived fall risk at a significance level of 0.100 using the stepwise method.
36 Twentypercentnt of the study population showed an unduly low perceived fall risk and were classified as stoics.
Participants included in this study were referred by health care providers to the study based on perceived fall risk and specifically sustaining a fall in the past 12 months.
The stoic group (100 (20%)) had a high physiological risk but low perceived fall risk, which was protective for falling and mediated through a positive outlook on life (P=0.001) and maintained physical activity and community participation (P=0.048).
The anxious group (54 (11%)) had a low physiological risk but high perceived fall risk, which was related to depressive symptoms (P=0.029), neurotic personality traits (P=0.026), and decreased executive functioning (P=0.010).
33 Most people had an accurate perception of their fall risk: 144 (29%) comprised a "vigorous" group who had both low physiological and perceived fall risks, and 202 (40%) comprised an "aware" group who had both high physiological and perceived fall risks.
To prevent or reduce the noise from fast movement and/or watch squeezing, we look at the average pressure in a time window before and after the perceived fall (Eq. 3).
However, about a third had disparities between their physiological and perceived fall risk and were categorised as "anxious" or "stoic".
Thus the cut-point for perceived fall risk differed between those with a low or high physiological fall risk.
The physiological profile assessment cut-point for low or high physiological fall risk identified in the model was 0.60, and the falls efficacy scale international cut-point for perceived fall risk was 23 in the group with a low physiological fall risk and 20 in the group with a high physiological fall risk.
