Table 3.
Numbers of participants who completed physical test battery.
| Construct Measured | Test | Completed N (%) |
Women Completed N (%) |
Men Completed N (%) |
Reasons for Non-Completion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lower extremity function | Short Physical Performance Battery (SPPB) | 42 (65) | 9 (56) | 33 (75) | Pain (n = 8), not feeling able/well enough (n = 5), declined (n = 5), non-weight bearing (n = 3), no appropriate footwear (n = 2) |
| Falls risk | Timed up and go (TUG) | 36 (55.4) | 9 (43) | 27 (61) | Pain (n = 10), declined (n = 7), no appropriate footwear (n = 2), not feeling able/well enough (n = 5), non-weight bearing (n = 2), reasons not stated (n = 3) |
| Functional capacity | Six-minute walk test (6MWT) | 25 (38) | 9 (43) | 18(41) | Not feeling able/well enough (n = 13), pain (n =10), suicidal ideation (n = 2), no appropriate footwear (n = 2), non-weight bearing (n = 3), reasons not stated (n = 2) |
| Stair-climbing ability | Stair climb test (SCT) | 20 (31) | 5 (31) | 15 (34) | Unable/unsafe to do so (n = 41), feeling dizzy (n = 1), pain (n = 2), afraid of stairs (n = 1) |
| Frailty | Clinical Frailty Scale (CFS) | 63 (97) | 21 (100) | 42 (95) | Lack of information to rate scale (n = 2) |
| Grip strength | Handgrip dynamometry | 49 (75) | 16 (76) | 33 (75) | Not feeling able/well enough (n = 5), pain (n = 5), fatigue (n = 3), suicidal ideation (n = 1), broken wrist (n = 2) |
| Muscular mass | Calf circumference | 48 (74) | 15 (88) | 34 (77) | Not feeling able/well enough (n = 5), pain (n = 5), declined (n = 6), suicidal ideation (n = 1) |