Table 4.
Assistive living facility (ALF) characteristics | Control ‘usual care’ n = 9 |
Intervention ‘Exergames’ n = 9 |
Location, n | ||
Manchester | 6 | 6 |
Glasgow | 3 | 3 |
Manchester IMD ranka, median (range, IQR) | 14,844 (3319–23,972, (8839.0–18,169.25)) | 19,931 (4647–26,933) (11,715.8–26,543.0) |
Glasgow SIMD rankb, median (range, IQR) | 2788 (1382–5907) (2085.0–4347.5) | 1004 (149–5100) (576.0–3052.0) |
Manchester IMD decile, median (range, IQR) | 5 (2–9) | 6.5 (2–9) |
Glasgow SIMD decile, median (range, IQR) | 4 (2–4) | 2 (1–8) |
Participant characteristics | Control ‘usual care’ n = 50 |
Intervention ‘Exergames’ n = 56 |
Participants, n | 50 | 56 |
Manchester | 32 | 41 |
Glasgow | 18 | 15 |
Female sex, n (%) | 38 (76.0) | 45 (80.4) |
Age, years (SD/range) | 77.8 (10.2/58–101) | 77.9 (8.9/58–96) |
Ethnicity, n (%) | ||
White British or Irish | 50 (100) | 52 (92.9) |
Asian or Asian British | 0 (0.0) | 1 (1.8) |
Mixed | 0 (0.0) | 2 (3.6) |
Other ethnic groups | 0 (0.0) | 1 (1.8) |
Employment, n (%) | ||
Retired | 47 (94.0) | 54 (96.4) |
Doing voluntary work | 1 (2.0) | 1 (1.8) |
Unemployed through sickness/disability | 2 (4.0) | 1 (1.8) |
Marital status, n (%) | ||
Single, never married | 7 (14.0) | 10 (17.9) |
Married/living with partner | 8 (16.0) | 2 (3.6) |
Divorced | 6 (12.0) | 10 (17.9) |
Separated | 1 (2.0) | 1 (1.8) |
Widowed | 28 (56.0) | 33 (58.9) |
1 year history of falls, n (%) | ||
No falls reported (non-fallers) | 21 (42) | 32 (57) |
1 fall reported (single fallers) | 14 (28) | 7 (13) |
> 1 fall reported (multiple fallers) | 15 (30) | 17 (30) |
Self-reported vision, n (%) | ||
Excellent | 4 (8) | 7 (13) |
Good | 24 (48) | 22 (39) |
Fair | 16 (32) | 19 (34) |
Poor | 5 (10) | 7 (13) |
Very poor | 1 (2) | 0 (0) |
Registered blind | 0 (0) | 1 (2) |
IMD and SIMD decile score ranges 1–10, where 1 is the least deprived and 10 the most deprived
aThe IMD (2015) rank is the Index of Multiple Deprivation and combines a number of indicators, chosen to cover a range of social, economic and housing issues, into a single deprivation ranked score, the lower the score the more deprived
bThe SIMD (2016) rank is the Scottish equivalent of the IMD rank