Table 2.
Daily activity and mobility assessments.
| Intervention (IG) (n = 10) |
p value: BL vs. 4W (Effect-size) |
Control (CG) (n = 8) |
p value: BL vs. 4W (Effect-size) |
p value: IG vs. CG at 4W (Effect-size) |
p value: group* assessment (Effect-size) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baseline (BL) | 4 week (4W) | Baseline (BL) | 4 week (4W) | |||||
| Katz index of independence in ADL (score) | 5.27 ± 0.51 | 5.54 ± 0.29 | 0.285 (0.217) | 5.88 ± 0.12 | 6.00 ± 0.00 | 0.285 (0.535) | 0.104 (0.705) | 0.633 (0.227) |
| Lawton-Brody IADL (score) | 5.53 ± 0.68 | 6.20 ± 0.53 |
0.058 (0.366) |
7.00 ± 0.43 | 7.13 ± 0.54 |
0.555 (0.101) |
0.221 (0.611) |
0.186 (0.655) |
| Mobility/ tiredness (score) | 4.50 ± 0.29 | 4.40 ± 0.29 |
0.651 (0.115) |
3.25 ± 0.72 | 3.63 ± 0.75 |
0.734 (0.195) |
0.334 (0.525) |
0.673 (0.200) |
Variables are expressed as means ± standard errors. ADL: Activities of Daily Living; IADL: Instrumental activities of daily living.