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6 The cost-effectiveness of the Dutch In Balance fall prevention intervention | 123 APPENDIX 6.3: BASELINE CHARACTERISTICS OF THE PARTICIPANTS PER-PROTOCOL Table A6.3. Baseline characteristics of the participants per-protocol. Characteristics are presented as n (%) unless specified otherwise. Variable Intervention group (N = 54) Control group (N = 130) Age (years, SD) 75.9 (6.4) 75.5 (5.8) Gender (female) 40 (74.1%) 100 (76.9%) Body Mass Index (kg/m2, SD) 25.9 (4.1) 26.8 (5.0) Mini-Mental State Examination (score, SD) 27.6 (2.1) 27.4 (2.3) Frailty status (pre-frail) 41 (75.9%) 93 (71.5%) Marital status Lawfully married/living together Unmarried/divorced/widowed 26 (48.1%) 28 (51.9%) 58 (48.7%) 61 (51.3%) Having children 37 (68.5%) 90 (74.4%) Living alone 28 (51.9%) 66 (54.5%) Education Low Moderate High 0 (0.0%) 17 (31.5%) 37 (68.5%) 7 (5.8%) 31 (25.6%) 83 (68.6%) Smoking 1 (1.9%) 7 (5.8%) Use of alcohol 40 (74.1%) 91 (75.2%) Use of different medications per week (SD) 3.7 (4.4) 4.2 (7.4) Dizziness 16 (29.6%) 27 (23.9%) Incontinence 29 (53.7%) 62 (51.2%) How often fallen in previous year before start study None/once Twice or more 24 (45.3%) 29 (54.7%) 70 (57.9%) 51 (42.1%) Use of aids Walking Vision Hearing 12 (22.2%) 53 (98.1%) 14 (25.9%) 17 (14.0%) 116 (95.9%) 29 (24.0%) Having physiotherapy 20 (37.0%) 38 (31.4%) Physical activity per day (SD) Number of hours being physically active Number of steps 1.32 (0.57) 6947.4 (3380.8) 1.46 (0.66) 6230.3 (2794.3) EQ-5D-5L Baseline utility (score, SD) 0.81 (0.14) 0.79 (0.16) ASCOT Baseline utility (score, SD) 0.88 (0.11) 0.84 (0.15) Note. SD = Standard deviation, EQ-5D-5L = EuroQol questionnaire, ASCOT = Adult Social Care Outcome Toolkit questionnaire.

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