Table 1.
Baseline characteristics of the study population
| GameUp N = 26 |
Control N = 28 |
Between-group difference p-value | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Age, median (IQR) | 73.8 (67.9–79.1) | 74.3 (66.1–79.3) | 0.74a |
| Gender female, N (%) | 9 (35) | 16 (57) | 0.11b |
| Diagnosis, N (%) | |||
| Musculoskeletal post-surgery | 12 (46) | 12 (43) | 0.75b |
| Musculoskeletal | 8 (31) | 6 (21) | |
| Internal medicine post-surgery | 4 (15) | 7 (25) | |
| Internal medicine | 2 (8) | 3 (11) | |
| Multimorbidity CIRS 14–56, median (IQR) | 11 (7.3–16.5) | 11 (7.0–13.3) | 0.42a |
| Cognition MMSE 0–30, median (IQR) | 28 (28–29) | 28 (28–30) | 0.65a |
| Balance BBS 0–56, median (IQR) | 49 (37.5–53.0) | 48 (36.50–53.2) | 0.99a |
| Fear of falling FES, median (IQR) | 21.0 (17.2–24.7) | 21.5 (17.0–27.0) | 0.92a |
| Walking balance (mean Lyapunov, SD) | 1.431 (0.221) | 1.395 (0.157) | 0.70c |
IQR interquartile range, CIRS Cumulative Illness Rating Scale, MMSE Mini-Mental State Examination, BBS Berg Balance Scale, SD standard deviation, FES Falls Efficacy Scale
aMann-Whitney U test; bχ2 test; cindependent samples t-test