Table 1.

Description of Participants (N = 304)

Characteristic	Value
Age, mean years ± SD, range, median (IQR)	74.9 ± 7.1, 61–92, 74 (69, 80)
Female, n (%)	223 (73)
Non-white ethnicity, n (%)	80 (26)
Greater than high school education, n (%)	188 (62)
Married, n (%)	141 (46)
Lives alone, n (%)	131 (43)
Chronic diseases, mean number ± SD	3.8 ± 2.2
≥ 1 IADL impairment, n (%)	61 (20)
Self-rated health fair or poor, n (%)	65 (21)
Quality of life fair to worst, n (%)	50 (16)

SD = standard deviation

IQR = interquartile range

IADL = instrumental activities of daily living