5 The effectiveness of a nation-wide implemented fall prevention intervention in the Netherlands | 93 APPENDIX 5.2: BASELINE CHARACTERISTICS OF THE PARTICIPANTS STRATIFIED FOR FRAILTY STATUS Table A5.2. 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) (median (IQR)) 74.0 (71.5- 78.3) 75.3 (70.6 – 80.3) 75.1 (72.1 – 77.3) 75.4 (71.2 – 80.5) Sex (female) 27 (67.5%) 72 (79.1%) 26 (70.3%) 76 (79.2%) Body Mass Index (kg/m2) (median (IQR)) 24.5 (23.1 – 26.5) 26.3 (23.8 – 30.1) 25.7 (23.0 – 27.9) 27.0 (23.6 – 29.1) Mini-Mental State Examination (score) (median (IQR)) 28 (27 – 30) 28 (26 – 29) 28 (26 – 29) 28 (27 – 29) 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 (yes, n(%)) 29 (74.4%) 67 (75.3%) 27 (75.0%) 65 (73.9%) Living alone (yes, n(%)) 20 (51.3%) 52 (58.4%) 21 (58.3%) 45 (51.1%) Education1 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 (yes, n(%)) 3 (7.7%) 3 (3.4%) 2 (5.6%) 5 (5.7%) Use of alcohol (yes, n(%)) 28 (71.8%) 63 (70.8%) 28 (77.8%) 64 (72.7%) Use of different medications per week (median (IQR)) 1 (0.0 – 3.0) 3 (1.0 – 4.0) 2 (0.0 – 3.3) 3 (1.0 – 4.0) Dizziness (yes, n(%)) 7 (17.9%) 29 (32.6%) 5 (15.2%) 22 (26.5%) Incontinence (yes, n(%)) 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 12 (30.8%) 14 (35.9%) 13 (33.3%) 23 (26.4%) 21 (24.1%) 43 (49.4%) 14 (38.9%) 9 (25%) 13 (36.1%) 21 (23.9%) 28 (31.8%) 39 (44.2%)
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