Table 1.
Participants three steps test interview baseline questionnaire Version 1, evaluation questionnaire Version 1 and baseline questionnaire Version 3
| Baseline questionnaire Version 1 (n=26) | Evaluation questionnaire Version 1 (n=10) | Baseline questionnaire Version 3 (n=8) | |
| Characteristic | n | n | n |
| Gender | |||
| Male | 19 | 8 | 4 |
| Female | 7 | 2 | 4 |
| Age (years) | |||
| 70–79 | 18 | 8 | 7 |
| 80–89 | 7 | 2 | 0 |
| 90–99 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Native language | |||
| Dutch | 14 | 7 | 7 |
| Local dialect | 10 | 2 | 1 |
| Frisian | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Foreign language | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Educational level* | |||
| Low | 8 | 5 | 2 |
| Middle | 10 | 4 | 5 |
| High | 8 | 1 | 1 |
| Admission reason† | |||
| Cardiac problems | 9 | 1 | 1 |
| Pulmonary problems | 7 | 3 | 2 |
| Bowel problems | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| Fever/infection | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Vascular surgery | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Cancer | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Accident/fracture(s) | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Kidney problems | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Syncope | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Ulcera | 0 | 0 | 1 |
*Definition educational level: low=no education, primary school, basic vocational training; middle=secondary education, vocational training; high=bachelor, master.
†Reason according to the patient.