Table 1.
Baseline characteristics for the sample presented in mean, SD, percentage, and P-value
| Total (N=105) | Intervention group (n=52) |
Control group (n=53) |
P-value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age mean (SD) | 85 (6.1) | 85.2 (5.6) | 85.4 (6.7) | 0.84 |
| Women/men % | 87.6/12.4 | 92.3/7.7 | 93/7 | 0.15 |
| Years with pain mean (SD) | 22.4 (22.5) | 22.3 (23.8) | 22.4 (21.4) | 0.98 |
| Home help services % Daily 1–3 times per week 1–2 times per month |
49.5 27.6 22.9 |
57.7 17.3 25 |
41.5 37.7 20.8 |
0.45 |
| Help from relatives % yes | 84.8 | 82.7 | 86.8 | 0.56 |
| Walking aid indoors % yes | 53.3 | 51.9 | 54.7 | 0.77 |
| Walking aid outdoors % yes | 97.6 | 90.4 | 84.9 | 0.93 |
| Able to get out by themselves % yes | 77.1 | 80.8 | 73 | 0.39 |
| Number of self-reported diagnoses mean (SD) | 3.7 (1.1) | 3.5 (1.1) | 3.9 (0.9) | 0.14 |
| Cardiovascular % yes | 70.5 | 71.2 | 69.8 | |
| Lung diseases % yes | 15.2 | 17.3 | 13.2 | |
| Neurological % yes | 20 | 13.5 | 26.4 | |
| Orthopedic % yes | 87.6 | 90.4 | 84.9 | |
| Reumathoid arthritis % yes | 21 | 28.9 | 15.1 | |
| Diabetes % yes | 14.3 | 13.5 | 15.1 | |
| Cancer % yes | 9.5 | 9.6 | 9.4 | |
| Psychiatric diagnoses % yes | 29.5 | 29.8 | 30.2 | |
| Other (ie visual, hearing) % yes | 37.1 | 26.9 | 47.2 | |
| Prescribed pain medication % yes Missing data intervention/control n=1/1 |
64.8 | 60.8 | 71.2 | 0.27 |
| Non prescribed pain medication % yes Missing data intervention/control n=5/5 |
66 | 57.4 | 47.9 | 0.35 |
| Number of falls last year | 0.8 (1.4) | 0.6 (1,0) | 1.1 (1.7) | 0.06 |
| Are you as physically active as you want % yes | 11.4 | 11.5 | 11.3 | 0.97 |