Table 2.

Sample characteristics of the participants (n = 112).

	Regional participants (n = 63, 56%)		Community participants (n = 49, 44%)
	AK (n = 31, 50%)	AH (n = 32, 50%)	RI (n = 34, 69%)	RO (n = 15, 31%)
Gender (m/f)	16/15	16/16	11/23	6/9
Age (mean yrs (sd))	67 (8.3)	56 (18.5)	77 (6.7)	67 (15.1)
Age, range (yrs)	Min 48, max 81	Min 16, max 96	Min 64, max 90	Min 31, max 83

AK: regional clients from a hospital, knee replacement; AH: regional clients from a hospital, hand surgery; RI: community clients from a rehabilitation centre, inpatient department; RO: community clients from a rehabilitation centre, outpatient department; yrs: years; sd: standard deviation.