Table 1.

Demographic characteristics of participants

Women, n (%)	25 (75.8)
Age, mean (SD), range	82.7 (7.2), 66–91
Length of stay in nursing home (months), mean (SD), range	22 (27.8), 3–111
Neurological disease n (%)	9 (27.3)
Heart disease n (%)	19 (57.6)
Musculoskeletal disease n (%)	9 (27.3)
MMSE-score mean (SD), range	15.8 (5.4), 0–51
CDR=1 n (%)	13 (39.4%)
Barthel Index, mean (SD), range	13.1 (4.4), 3–20
Walked independently n (%)	10 (30.3)
Walked independently during 6 m walking test n (%)	16 (50)
Number of diagnosis, mean (SD), range	3.1 (1.8), 1–8
Number of medications, mean (SD), range	6 (3.0), 0–13

CDR, Clinical Dementia Rating; MMSE, mini-mental state examination.