Wheelchair Users at Home: Few Home Modifications and Many Injurious Falls

Aged 18–64 y (n = 219) Aged >64 y (n = 306)Injurious Fall, % Injurious Fall, %Feature Present in House No (n = 174) Yes (n = 45) No (n = 258) Yes (n = 48) All, % (n = 525)Bathroom modifications 45.4 35.6 47.7 52.1 46.3Widened doorways/hallways 43.1 28.9 25.2 18.8 30.9Kitchen modifications 17.8 13.3 5.4 8.3 10.5Railings 39.7 26.7 38.8 35.4 37.7Easy-open doors 19.0 11.1 13.6 12.5 15.0Has all 5 features 6.9 0.0 2.7 4.2 4.0Has none of the 5 features 33.3 53.3 34.5 41.7 36.4