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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Nov 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Am Geriatr Soc. 2019 Aug 10;67(11):2305–2310. doi: 10.1111/jgs.16102

Table 3.

Ability to Perform Valued Life Activities Six Months after Elective Surgerya

Category Able to be
Performed		 Unable to be
Performed		 Total

N = 388b
Mobility 91 (91.9%) 8 (8.1%) 99
Activities of Daily Living 59 (90.8%) 6 (9.2%) 65
Instrumental Activities of Daily Living 49 (80.3%) 12 (19.7%) 61
Social 34 (77.3%) 10 (22.7%) 44
Recreation 77 (65.5%) 41 (34.5%) 119
a

p<0.001 for differences in performance between categories.

b

Total number of valued life activities provided by the 154 participants who underwent surgery.