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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 Jul 12.
Published in final edited form as: J Am Geriatr Soc. 2021 Mar 23;69(7):1846–1855. doi: 10.1111/jgs.17109

Table 1.

Patient Characteristics (N=19)

MEAN (SD) OR N (%)
Age 77 (7.6)
Gender, female 13 (68%)
Race, white 10 (52%)
Primary reason for admission
  Cardiac 1 (5%)
  Pulmonary 1 (5%)
  Gastrointestinal 4 (21%)
  Infectious 4 (21%)
  Weakness/falls 4 (21%)
  Other 5 (26%)
Mobility constraints (yes)
  Foley catheters 2 (13%)
  Intravenous lines 8 (50%)
  Sequential compression devices 13 (81%)
  Oxygen 3 (19%)
  Contact precautions 1 (5%)
Falls risk label (yes) 11 (58%)
Falls precaution order (yes) 5 (26%)
Walk across a room (yes) 12 (63%)
  If no, able to 2 weeks ago?; n= 7 4 (57%)
Fallen in past 3 months (yes) 8 (42%)
Use assistive device (yes) 11 (56%)
  Cane (n=11) 8 (73%)
  Walker (n=11) 7 (64%)
  Rollator (n=11) 0 (0%)
Current function
  Help walking up stairs (no) 8 (42%)
  Help walking ¼ mile (no) 5 (26%)
  Help walking across room (no) 13 (68%)
2 weeks ago function
  Help walking up stairs (no) 11 (58%)
  Help walking ¼ mile (no) 5 (26%)
  Help walking across room (no) 13 (68%)
No help walking (current/2weeks) 5 (26%)
International physical activity questionnaire score
  Low activity 16 (84%)
  Moderate activity 3 (16%)
  High activity 0 (0%)