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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Jun 27.
Published in final edited form as: Gerontologist. 2008 Apr;48(2):203–212. doi: 10.1093/geront/48.2.203

Table 3.

Balance Test Performance Distributions of Participating RC/AL Residents

Test and Response Number (%) of Residents
Side by Side Stand n=1777b
    Unablea 598 (33.7 %)
    Stand 1-9 seconds 104 (5.9 %)
    Stand 10 seconds 1075 (60.5 %)
Semi-Tandem Stand n=1746b
    Unablea 984 (56.4 %)
    Stand 1-9 seconds 163 (9.3 %)
    Stand 10 seconds 599 (34.3 %)
Tandem Stand n=1703b
    Unablea 1376 (80.8 %)
    Stand 1-9 seconds 186 (10.9 %)
    Stand 10 seconds 141 (8.3 %)
a

“Unable” category represents “unable, attempted or not,” “interviewer felt unsafe,” “resident felt unsafe,” and “refused.”

b

Missing values range from 14 to 88; and include “unable to perform” in some cases.