122 | Chapter 6 APPENDIX 6.2: BASELINE CHARACTERISTICS OF THE PARTICIPANTS STRATIFIED FOR FRAILTY STATUS Table A6.2. Baseline characteristics of the participants stratified for frailty status. Characteristics are presented as n (%) unless specified otherwise. Variable Intervention group Non-frail (N = 40) Intervention group Pre-frail (N = 91) Control group Non-frail (N = 37) Control group pre-frail (N = 96) Age (years, SD) 74.7 (5.2) 75.4 (5.8) 74.9 (5.0) 75.9 (6.12) Gender (female) 27 (67.5%) 72 (79.1%) 26 (70.3%) 76 (79.2%) Body Mass Index (kg/m2, SD) 25.2 (3.9) 27.1 (4.2) 26.2 (4.7) 27.0 (5.1) Mini-Mental State Examination (score, SD) 28 (1.8) 27.5 (2.3) 27.4 (2.0) 27.5 (2.4) Marital status Lawfully married/living together Unmarried/divorced/widowed 21 (53.8%) 18 (46.2%) 37 (41.6%) 52 (58.4%) 15 (41.7%) 21 (58.3%) 46 (53.5%) 40 (46.5%) Having children 29 (74.4%) 67 (75.3%) 27 (75.0%) 65 (73.9%) Living alone 20 (51.3%) 52 (58.4%) 21 (58.3%) 45 (51.1%) Education Low Moderate High 0 (0.0%) 9 (23.1%) 30 (76.9%) 0 (0.0%) 29 (32.6%) 60 (67.4%) 2 (5.6%) 6 (16.7%) 28 (77.8%) 5 (5.7%) 25 (28.4%) 58 (65.9%) Smoking 3 (7.7%) 3 (3.4%) 2 (5.6%) 5 (5.7%) Use of alcohol 28 (71.8%) 63 (70.8%) 28 (77.8%) 64 (72.7%) Use of different medications per week (SD) 2.8 (4.8) 3.3 (2.6) 4.1 (9.1) 4.3 (6.6) Dizziness 7 (17.9%) 29 (32.6%) 5 (15.2%) 22 (26.5%) Incontinence 15 (38.5%) 43 (48.3%) 15 (41.7%) 50 (56.8%) How often fallen in previous year before start study None/once Twice or more 26 (66.7%) 13 (33.3%) 44 (50.6%) 43 (49.4%) 23 (63.9%) 13 (36.1%) 49 (55.7%) 39 (44.3%) Use of aids Walking Vision Hearing 3 (7.7%) 39 (100%) 7 (17.9%) 20 (22.5%) 87 (97.8%) 20 (22.5%) 1 (2.8%) 34 (94.4%) 9 (25%) 18 (20.5%) 84 (95.5%) 21 (23.9%) Having physiotherapy 8 (20.5%) 36 (41.4%) 10 (27.8%) 30 (34.1%) Physical activity per day (SD) Number of hours being physically active Number of steps 1.67 (0.65) 7561.9 (3048.3) 1.33 (0.65) 6424.7 (3509.6) 1.47 (0.58) 7478.5 (3022.9) 1.44 (0.69) 6668.9 (3499.3) EQ-5D-5L Baseline utility (score, SD) 0.87 (0.13) 0.79 (0.13) 0.87 (0.12) 0.76 (0.16) ASCOT Baseline utility (score, SD) 0.91 (0.07) 0.84 (0.15) 0.90 (0.12) 0.81 (0.15) Note. SD = Standard deviation, EQ-5D-5L = EuroQol questionnaire, ASCOT = Adult Social Care Outcome Toolkit questionnaire.
RkJQdWJsaXNoZXIy MjY0ODMw