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. 2025 Jan 1;20(1):1–12. doi: 10.2185/jrm.2024-025

Table 2. Measurements of Frenchay Activities Index (FAI), dietary variety score (DVS) and geriatric depression scale 15 (GDS).

Overall (n=50) P-value Male (n=19) P-value Female (n=31) P-value



Non–snowy season Snowy season Non–snowy season Snowy season Non–snowy season Snowy season
FAI Household affair 12.0 [6.0–15.0] 12.0 [8.0–14.0] 0.134 6.0 [3.0–9.0] 6.0 [3.0–10.0] 0.114 13.0 [12.0–15.0] 13.0 [12.0–15.0] 0.570
FAI Outdoor household affair 6.0 [4.0–7.0] 4.0 [3.0–6.0] <0.01 6.0 [4.0–8.0] 5.0 [3.0–7.0] 0.223 6.0 [4.0–7.0] 4.0 [3.0–5.0] <0.01
FAI Outdoor activity 8.0 [6.0–10.0] 6.0 [4.0–8.0] <0.01 8.0 [6.0–10.0] 7.0 [3.0–9.0] 0.234 8.0 [6.0–10.0] 6.0 [4.0–8.0] <0.01
FAI Hobby 5.0 [3.0–6.0] 4.0 [2.0–5.3] <0.01 5.0 [3.0–6.0] 3.0 [2.0–5.0] 0.08 5.0 [3.0–6.0] 4.0 [2.0–6.0] 0.055
FAI Work 0.0 [0.0–0.1] 0.0 [0.0–0.0] 0.063 0.0 [0.0–0.1] 0.0 [0.0–0.1] 0.50 0.0 [0.0–0.1] 0.0 [0.0–0.0] 0.25
FAI Total score 28.7 (28.7) 25.1 (7.8) <0.01 24.6 (10.0) 22.1 (9.5) 0.192 31.2 (6.8) 27.0 (6.1) <0.01
DVS 6.4 (2.4) 6.1 (2.4) 0.346 6.4 (2.4) 5.4 (2.3) 0.023 6.5 (2.5) 6.6 (2.4) 0.782
GDS 2.0 [1.0–4.0] 1.5 [1.0–4.0] 0.945 2.0 [1.0–4.0] 2.0 [0.0–3.0] 0.852 2.0 [1.0–4.0] 1.0 [1.0–5.0] 0.780