Table 1.
Baseline characteristics of study population
| All included participants (n = 147) |
Participants by 6 month follow up status | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Telephone (n = 117) |
Face-to-face (n = 8) |
Dropped out (n = 22) |
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| Mean age (years) (SD) | 77.6 (7.3) | 77.0 (7.2) | 78.9 (6.0) | 79.8 (7.8) |
| Female sex (%) | 72 (49) | 56 (48) | 3 (38) | 13 (59) |
| Mean SPPB (SD) | 5.5 (2.3) | 5.8 (2.4) | 6.4 (1.8) | 5.6 (2.5) |
| Max handgrip strength (kg) (SD) | ||||
| Men |
27.2 (9.4) (n = 70) |
26.8 (9.2) (n = 61) | 32.8 (12.6) (n = 5) |
26.6 (9.2) (n = 9) |
| Women |
15.7 (6.1) (n = 69) |
15.5 (6.4) (n = 56) | 16.7 (3.1) (n = 3) |
16.5 (5.2) (n = 13) |
|
Mean walk speed (m/s) (SD) |
0.61 (0.24) (n = 142) | 0.61 (0.24) (n = 113) | 0.64 (0.21) (n = 8) |
0.62 (0.23) (n = 21) |
|
Median chair stand time (s) [IQR] |
24.0 [32.0–17.4] (n = 106) | 23.0 [14.5] (n = 84) | 21.8 [26.0] (n = 6) |
28.0 [7.6] (n = 16) |
| Mean SARC-F score (SD) | 5.28 (1.82) | 5.28 (1.85) | 4.38 (1.19) | 5.59 (1.82) |
| Mean skeletal muscle mass index (kg/m2) (SD) | ||||
| Men |
7.84 (1.21) (n = 70) |
7.82 (1.11) (n = 57) | 7.75 (0.92) (n = 5) |
8.03 (2.01) (n = 8) |
| Women |
6.65 (1.13) (n = 69) |
6.76 (1.23) (n = 54) | 6.12 (0.30) (n = 3) |
6.30 (0.61) (n = 12) |
|
SarQoL score (SD) (best = 100) |
50.9 (11.9) | 51.1 (12.6) | 52.6 (7.6) | 49.5 (9.3) |
| Physical and mental health | 55.5 (15.6) | 55.4 (15.9) | 57.9 (7.8) | 55.3 (16.3) |
| Locomotion | 48.8 (18.1) | 49.1 (18.7) | 43.8 (12.8) | 48.8 (17.2) |
| Body composition | 58.4 (17.2) | 58.0 (17.7) | 59.9 (12.4) | 59.8 (16.8) |
| Functionality | 52.6 (12.8) | 52.7 (13.5) | 55.1 (7.7) | 51.4 (10.6) |
| Activities of daily living | 46.1 (14.9) | 46.2 (15.4) | 52.3 (10.9) | 43.3 (13.1) |
| Leisure activities | 36.1 (17.3) | 36.5 (18.2) | 31.2 (5.9) | 36.3 (15.1) |
| Fears | 67.5 (19.1) | 68.9 (19.8) | 68.8 (22.2) | 59.7 (11.5)* |
*p < 0.05 compared to telephone follow-up group
Subdomain scores all normalised to 0–100 scale (best = 100)