Table 1.
Characteristic | Study arm | |||
---|---|---|---|---|
Usual care (n=55) | Intervention (n=55) | |||
N | (%) | N | (%) | |
Gender | ||||
Female | 37 | 67 | 37 | 67 |
Male | 18 | 33 | 18 | 33 |
Ethnicity1 | ||||
Hispanic/Latino | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
non-Hispanic/non-Latino | 53 | 96 | 54 | 100 |
Race | ||||
White | 54 | 98 | 51 | 93 |
Black | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
American Indian/Alaskan Native | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
White and Asian | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
Other | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Age (mean (SD)) | 80.1 | 8.5 | 81.9 | 8.3 |
Education level2 | ||||
Grades 1 through 8 (Elementary/middle school) | 3 | 6 | 4 | 8 |
Grades 9 through 11 (Some high school) | 7 | 14 | 4 | 8 |
Grades 12 or GED (High school graduate) | 21 | 41 | 18 | 36 |
College 1 year to 3 years (Some college or technical school) | 9 | 18 | 8 | 16 |
College 4 years or more (College graduate) | 11 | 22 | 16 | 32 |
Cognitive impairment (Six item screener score)3 | ||||
3 or less | 8 | 15 | 10 | 20 |
4 | 13 | 24 | 2 | 4 |
5 | 17 | 31 | 20 | 39 |
6 | 17 | 31 | 22 | 43 |
Number of falls in previous 3 months4 | ||||
0 | 25 | 45 | 29 | 57 |
1 | 10 | 18 | 10 | 20 |
2 | 10 | 18 | 5 | 10 |
3 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 10 |
4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
5 or more falls | 5 | 9 | 3 | 6 |
Number of injurious falls in previous 3 months5 | ||||
No falls | 25 | 45 | 29 | 57 |
No injurious falls | 16 | 29 | 15 | 29 |
1 | 8 | 15 | 9 | 17 |
2 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 2 |
3 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
Injured during current fall6 | ||||
No | 11 | 20 | 12 | 22 |
Yes | 44 | 80 | 42 | 78 |
Current use of assistive device7 | ||||
No | 15 | 27 | 14 | 26 |
Yes | 40 | 73 | 40 | 74 |
Life-limiting comorbidities (Charlson comorbidity index)8 | ||||
0 | 10 | 18 | 11 | 20 |
1 | 14 | 26 | 15 | 28 |
2 | 13 | 24 | 16 | 30 |
3 | 6 | 11 | 8 | 15 |
4 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 7 |
6 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
7 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
Function (Activities of Daily Living (median (IQR) | 18 | 16–20 | 18 | 15–20 |
1 intervention arm participant selected did not know
Data for 4 usual care participant and 5 intervention arm participants
Data for 1 intervention arm participant missing
Data for 1 intervention arm participant missing
Data for 1 intervention arm participant missing
Data for 1 intervention arm participant missing
Data for 1 intervention arm participant missing
All items of the CCI were missing for 1intervnetion and 1 usual care participant; 13 participants (8 usual care, 5 intervention) were missing 1 CCI item and 4 participants (all intervention) were missing 2 items. Data from these individuals is shown.