Table 1.

Characteristics of the sample included in the Research Strategy for Housing Adaptation (ResHA) study.

	T1—Total Sample (n = 196)		Intervention Sites (n = 90)		Control Site (n = 106)		p
	n	% or mean ± SD	n	% or mean ± SD	n	% or mean ± SD
Gender							0.780
– Men	72	37%	34	38%	38	36%
– Women	124	63%	56	62%	68	64%
Age							0.314
– ≤64	29	15%	15	17%	14	13%
– 65–74	37	19%	22	24%	15	14%
– 75–84	82	42%	34	38%	48	45%
– ≥85	44	22%	17	19%	27	26%
– missing	4	2%	2	2%	2	2%
Living arrangements							0.549
– living alone	113	57%	52	58%	61	58%
– living with others	82	42%	37	41%	45	42%
– missing	1	1%	1	1%	0	0%
Education (in years)	189	9.7 ± 3.2	83	9.7 ± 3.1	106	9.6 ± 3.2	0.775
Dependent on walking aids a
– outside the home	137	70%	60	67%	77	73%	0.363
– entrance	132	67%	57	63%	75	71%	0.336
– inside the home	122	62%	53	59%	69	65%	0.403
Dependent on wheelchairs a
– outside the home	63	32%	36	40%	27	25%	0.046
– entrance	43	22%	24	27%	19	18%	0.175
– inside the home	31	16%	21	23%	10	9%	0.015
Social activities outside with others							0.188
– never/yearly	57	29%	26	29%	31	29%
– monthly	55	28%	29	32%	26	25%
– weekly or daily	79	40%	31	35%	48	45%
– missing	5	3%	4	4%	1	1%
Social activities outside alone							0.113
– never/yearly	85	43%	45	50%	40	38%
– monthly	19	10%	8	9%	11	10%
– weekly or daily	85	43%	32	36%	53	50%
– missing	7	4%	5	5%	2	2%
Cognitive impairment b							>0.001
– 26–30	48	24%	26	29%	22	21%
– 18–25	87	44%	50	55%	37	35%
– 10–17	13	7%	7	8%	6	6%
– missing	48	25%	7	8%	41	38%
ADL dependence c	157	12.1 ± 5.8	71	12.2 ± 6.7	86	12.0 ± 4.9	0.554
Number of functional limitations a	196	4.7 ± 1.9	90	4.5 ± 1.9	106	4.9 ± 1.9	0.107

^a Measured using the Housing Enabler instrument [35]; ^b Measured using the Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MOCA) scale [36,37]; ^c Measured using the ADL-staircase [38,39,40].