Table 3.
Results of Timed Up-and-GO (TUG) and TUG dual-task (TUGdt) test measurements in patients with dementia disorder diagnosis and no established dementia diagnosis. Significant p-values in bold font.
| Variable | With Dementia (N = 10) | No Dementia (N = 12) | Adjusted p-Value * | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Min | Md | Max | Min | Md | Max | ||
| TUG time (s) | 10.4 | 18.1 | 30.2 | 7.5 | 14.4 | 19.4 | 0.342 |
| TUGdt time (s) | 13.9 | 28.7 | 55.0 | 10.2 | 17.6 | 41.9 | 0.149 |
| TUGdt cost (%) | 15.3 | 37.8 | 217.6 | 1.0 | 27.3 | 115.9 | 0.972 |
| TUGdt animals before turning (n) | 1 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 0.418 |
| TUGdt animals after turning (n) | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3.5 | 5 | 0.045 |
| TUGdt animals difference after/before turning (n) | −5 | −2 | 0 | −4 | −1.5 | 5 | 0.418 |
| TUGdt animals per 10 (s) | 0.76 | 1.8 | 4.3 | 1.3 | 4.9 | 8.2 | 0.245 |
| TUG SL before turning (m) | 0.251 | 0.415 | 0.625 | 0.431 | 0.588 | 0.746 | 0.149 |
| TUG SL after turning (m) | 0.254 | 0.386 | 0.637 | 0.351 | 0.534 | 0.704 | 0.342 |
| TUG SL difference after/before turning (m) | −0.175 | −0.017 | 0.012 | −0.222 | −0.020 | 0.084 | 0.597 |
| TUGdt SL before turning (m) | 0.215 | 0.385 | 0.593 | 0.353 | 0.568 | 0.718 | 0.062 |
| TUGdt SL after turning (m) | 0.236 | 0.373 | 0.605 | 0.320 | 0.502 | 0.671 | 0.379 |
| TUGdt SL difference after/before turning (m) | −0.047 | −0.020 | 0.027 | −0.118 | −0.049 | −0.023 | 0.032 |
* Comparison between groups using Wilcoxon’s two-sample test and adjusted for age, gender and height with Willett’s residual method; Min = minimum, Md = Median, Max = maximum; TUG = Timed Up-and-Go, TUGdt = TUG dual-task, SL = step length.