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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Dec 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Am Geriatr Soc. 2011 Oct 21;59(12):2314–2320. doi: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2011.03698.x

Table 2.

Baseline characteristics of participants according to group assignment

CAPABLE group Control p
N=24 N=16
Age in years, mean (SD) 79 (8.2) 77 (7.1) 0.25
% female 96% 94% 0.76
%African-American 77% 81% 0.69
Education in years, mean (SD) 11.8(3.3) 11.9 (2.4) 0.88
ADL1 difficulties (0–5 scale) 2.1 (0.2) 2.6 (0.4) 0.24
IADL2 difficulties (0–5 scale) 2.3 (1.4) 2.0 (1.1) 0.47
Health related Quality of Life3 (0–100) 57.9 (18.7) 63.1 (19.1) 0.39
MiniMental Score (24–30 by design) 26.0 (1.3) 27.3 (0.7) 0.38
Falls Efficacy4 (10–65) 33.8 (3.3) 30.7 (4.4) 0.57
1

ADL= Activity of Daily Living. Includes bathing, dressing, eating, using the toilet, and transferring in and out of bed. Lower numbers indicate fewer difficulties

2

IADL = Instrumental Activities of Daily Living. Includes telephone use, shopping, preparing food, light housekeeping, taking medications independently, and managing finances independently. Lower numbers indicate fewer difficulties

3

Health Related Quality of Life. Higher numbers indicate higher health-related quality of life.

4

Lower scores indicate more efficacy.