Table 1.
Baseline characteristics
| Variable | Site A | Site B | Difference between sites t (p) |
Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| N (%female) | 5 (80%) | 5 (100%) | – | 10 (90%) |
| Age | 76.2 ± 8.3 | 88.2 ± 3.5 | −2.97 (0.02)* | 82.2 ± 8.7 |
| Years in facility | 3.1 ± 4.0 | 2.9 ± 2.1 | 0.11 (0.92) | 3.0 ± 3.0 |
| Marital status | 2.5 (0.29)a | |||
| Widowed | 3 (60%) | 5 (100%) | 8 (80%) | |
| Divorced | 1 (20%) | 0 | 1 (10%) | |
| Never married | 1 (20%) | 0 | 1 (10%) | |
| BMI | 31.0 ± 5.3 | 29.7 ± 7.10 | 0.31 (0.77) | 30.4 ± 6.0 |
| LASA – weekday (hours per day) | 14.5 ± 4.6 | 14.7 ± 3.7 | −0.05 (0.96) | 14.6 ± 3.9 |
| LASA – weekend (hours per day) | 10.3 ± 3.61 | 11.5 ± 4.7 | − 0.44 (0.68) | 11.0 ± 4.0 |
| EQ-5D health index | 0.64 ± 0.21 | 0.84 ± 0.09 | −1.95 (0.09) | 0.74 ± 0.20 |
| EQ-5D health today | 70.0 ± 12.7 | 85.0 ± 11.2 | − 1.98 (0.08) | 77.5 ± 13.8 |
| ICECAP-O | 0.74 ± 0.10 | 0.92 ± 0.06 | −3.38 (0.01)* | 0.83 ± 0.12 |
| SPPB score | 5.2 ± 2.2 | 9.8 ± 1.5 | −3.92 (0.004)* | |
| Sitting time (minutes/day) | 614.6 ± 132.3 | 578.4 ± 237.7 | 0.28 (0.77) | 596.5 ± 182.4 |
| Minutes in seated bouts > 30 min | 363.9 ± 144.1 | 388.3 ± 204.0 | −0.22 (0.83) | 376.1 ± 167.0 |
| Sit to stand transitions per day | 49.2 ± 10.43 | 41.0 ± 5.7 | 1.5 (0.16) | 45.1 ± 9.0 |
| Steps per day | 5762 ± 5788 | 4586 ± 1273 | 0.44 (0.67) | 5173 ± 3999 |
All values expressed as mean ± standard deviation
SPPB Short Physical Performance Battery, LASA SBQ Longitudinal Aging Study Amsterdam Sedentary Behaviour Questionnaire, ICECAP – O IcePOP CAPability measure for Older People
aχ2 test conducted to compare means for marital status
* p < 0.05