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Table 1 Baseline characteristics

From: Pilot parallel randomised controlled trial of protective socks against usual care to reduce skin tears in high risk people: ‘STOPCUTS’

 

Protective socks (n = 44)

Treatment as usual (n = 46)

All (n = 90)

Demographics

 Female sex

24 (54.55%)

18 (39.13%)

42 (46.7%)

 Age, years, median (IQR)

86 (12)

85 (11)

85.5 (11)

Care home residents

27

27

54 (60%)

 Female sex

14 (51.85%)

12 (44.44%)

26 (48.15%)

 Age, years, median (IQR)

90 (8)

88 (9)

90 (9)

Community participants

17

19

36 (40%)

 Female sex

10 (58.82%)

6 (31.58%)

16 (44.44%)

 Age, years, median (IQR)

79 (16)

80 (11)

80 (12)