Table 4. Nottingham Extended Activities of Daily Living.
Oxygen (n = 93) | Control (n = 100) | |
Mobility | ||
Walk around inside | 65 (70) | 73 (73) |
Climb stairs | 50 (54) | 59 (59) |
Get in and out of car | 43 (46) | 63 (63) |
Walk on uneven ground | 43 (46) | 56 (56) |
Travel on public transport | 30 (32) | 32 (32) |
Drive a car | 32 (36) | 39 (39) |
Eating and Drinking | ||
Manage to feed yourself | 78 (84) | 88 (88) |
Manage to make a hot drink | 64 (69) | 79 (79) |
Take hot drinks from 1 room to another | 58 (62) | 68 (68) |
Do the washing up | 57 (61) | 70 (70) |
Make yourself a hot snack | 59 (64) | 68 (68) |
Money and Shopping | ||
Manage own money | 57 (61) | 61 (61) |
Do own shopping | 31 (33) | 37 (37) |
Housework | ||
Wash small items of clothing | 51 (55) | 54 (54) |
Do a full clothes wash | 45 (48) | 48 (48) |
Leisure & Communications | ||
Read newspapers & books | 74 (80) | 80 (80) |
Use the telephone | 73 (79) | 81 (81) |
Write letters | 47 (51) | 48 (48) |
Go out socially | 39 (42) | 32 (32) |
Manage own garden | 24 (26) | 24 (24) |
Data are number (%) of participants able to perform the activity alone (easily or with difficulty). Only participants providing data on all 20 items are included.