Table 2.
Comparison of outdoor navigation variables (controls vs patients accompanied vs patients alone).
Outdoor navigation variable |
Controls, mean (SD) |
Patients accompanied, mean (SD) |
Patients alone, mean (SD) |
Group significance, P value |
Post hoc (controls—patients accompanied), P value |
Post hoc (controls—patients alone), P value |
Outings per day | 2.28 (0.79) | 1.57 (0.85) | 1.04 (0.78) | <.001 a | .02 | <.001 |
Day outings per day | 1.89 (0.62) | 1.36 (0.77) | 1.02 (0.76) | .004 | .058 | .003 |
Night outings per day | 0.38 (0.31) | 0.21 (0.24) | 0.01 (0.04) | <.001 | .04 | <.001 |
Time spent moving per outing (hours) | 1.17 (0.58) | 0.92 (0.57) | 0.41 (0.55) | .001 | .22 | .001 |
Total distance per outing (kilometers) | 23.37 (22.64) | 17.63 (14.90) | 4.60 (10.40) | .011 | .34 | .009 |
Walking distance per outing (kilometers) | 1.94 (1.02) | 1.33 (0.91) | 0.94 (1.14) | .04 | .14 | .02 |
Mean distance from home per outing (kilometers) | 4.69 (4.10) | 3.28 (3.15) | 0.80 (1.86) | .005 | .21 | .004 |
Similarity of trajectories across outings (mean discrete Fréchet distances) | 0.14 (0.13) | 0.09 (0.08) | 0.04 (0.09) | .10 | .30 | .12 |
aValues in italics indicate a statistically significant group difference.