Table 3.

Spearman correlations of PASE with variables

		Age	Sex	Cognition	Depression	Frailty score	Living skill	Mobility	Nutrition	PASE score
Correlation Coefficient (rho) p value	PASE score	− 0.242a 0.012	0.055 0.574	0.314b 0.001	− 0.371c 0.000	− 0.423c 0.000	0.244a 0.012	0.380c 0.000	− 0.017 0.860
	Age		0.025 0.801	− 0.406c 0.000	0.014 0.889	0.151 0.123	− 0.217a 0.026	− 0.354c 0.000	0.078 0.428	− 0.242a 0.012
	Sex	0.025 0.801		0.015 0.881	− 0.095 0.333	− 0.114 0.245	− 0.321b 0.001	0.009 0.923	0.217a 0.026	0.055 0.574
	Frailty score	0.151 0.123	− 0.114 0.245	− 0.376c 0.000	0.451c 0.000		− 0.198a 0.042	− 0.531c 0.000	− 0.073 0.460	− 0.423c 0.000
	Mobility	− 0.354c 0.000	0.009 0.923	0.361c 0.000	− 0.286b 0.003	− 0.566c 0.000	0.405c 0.000		− 0.179 0.066	0.380c 0.000
	Cognition	− 0.406c 0.000	0.015 0.881		− 0.269b 0.005	− 0.376c 0.000	0.478c 0.000	0.361c 0.000	− 0.080 0.413	0.314b 0.001
	Depression	0.014 0.889	− 0.095 0.333	− 0.269b 0.005		0.451c 0.000	− 0.131 0.181	− 0.286b 0.003	− 0.039 0.688	− 0.371c 0.000
	Living skill	− 0.217a 0.026	− 0.321b 0.001	0.478c 0.000	− 0.131 0.181	− 0.198a 0.042		0.405c 0.000	− 0.081 0.411	0.244a 0.012

PASE Physical Activity Scale for the Elderly; IADL Instrumental Activities of Daily Living; GDS-5 Geriatric Depression Scale-5; MNA-SF Mini-Nutritional Assessment-Short Form; MMSE Mini-Mental State Examination; TUGH Timed Up and Go Test, the longer the time, the slower the mobility

^a < 0.05

^b < 0.01

^c < 0.001