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Table 3 Characteristics of feasibility study participants

From: Feasibility and implementation fidelity of a co-designed intervention to promote in-hospital mobility among older medical patients—the WALK-Copenhagen project (WALK-Cph)

 

Hospital A

Hospital B

Baseline cohort

Feasibility cohort I

Feasibility cohort II

Baseline cohort

Feasibility cohort III

N

 

N

 

N

 

N

 

N

 

Age; mean (SD)

20

80.2 (6.1)

16

78.4 (9.0)

16

76 (7.2)

20

78.1 (7.5)

16

77.8 (6.7)

Gender, female; n (%)

20

14 (70%)

16

7 (44%)

16

7 (44%)

20

15 (75%)

16

7 (44%)

Living alone, yes; n (%)

20

3 (15%)

16

10 (63%)

16

11 (69%)

20

14 (70%)

16

10 (63%)

Marital status, n (%)

20

 

16

 

16

 

20

 

16

 

 Married

 

4 (20%)

 

8 (50%)

 

7 (44%)

 

6 (30%)

 

4 (25%)

 Widow(er)

 

9 (45%)

 

4 (25%)

 

2 (13%)

 

3 (15%)

 

7 (44%)

 Divorcé(e)

 

5 (25%)

 

2 (13%)

 

4 (25%)

 

6 (30%)

 

4 (25%)

 Not married

 

2 (10%)

 

2 (13%)

 

3 (19%)

 

5 (25%)

 

1 (6%)

Education, n (%)

17

 

15

 

16

 

20

 

12

 

 <High school

 

3 (18%)

 

8 (53%)

 

3 (19%)

 

1 (5%)

 

1 (8%)

 High school

 

2 (12%)

 

1 (7%)

 

0

 

0

 

0

 Skilled

 

10 (59%)

 

0

 

8 (50%)

 

7 (35%)

 

1 (8%)

 Graduate

 

2 (12%)

 

4 (27%)

 

2 (13%)

 

9 (45%)

 

7 (58%)

 Postgraduate

 

0 (0%)

 

2 (13%)

 

3 (19%)

 

3 (15%)

 

3 (25%)

Residence, n (%)

20

 

16

 

16

 

20

 

16

 

 Own home

 

16 (80%)

 

14 (88%)

 

16 (100%)

 

19 (95%)

 

16 (100%)

 Intermediate care facility

 

0

 

0

 

0

 

0

 

0

 Senior housing

 

4 (20%)

 

2 (13%)

 

0

 

1 (5%)

 

0

 With family

 

0

 

0

 

0

 

0

 

0

Use of walking aids, yes; n (%)

 

14 (70%)

 

13 (81%)

 

10 (63%)

 

8 (40%)

 

8 (50%)

Municipal help, yes; n (%)

20

19 (95%)

16

9 (56%)

16

9 (56%)

20

12 (60%)

 

13 (81%)

 Personal help, yes; n (%)

 

8 (40%)

 

5 (31%)

 

1 (8%)

 

3 (15%)

 

1 (6%)

Falls (last 12 months), yes; n (%)

20

10 (50 %)

16

12 (75%)

16

10 (63%)

20

9 (45%)

16

6 (38%)

 1 time

 

3 (30%)

 

6 (50%)

 

8 (50%)

 

3 (33%)

 

1 (17%)

 2 times

 

1 (10%)

 

3 (25%)

 

2 (13%)

 

2 (22%)

 

3 (50%)

 3 times

 

2 (20%)

 

1 (8%)

 

0

 

1 (11%)

 

0

 4 times or more

 

4 (40%)

 

2 (17%)

 

0

 

3 (33%)

 

2 (33%)

Physical activity level (PA), n (%)

20

 

16

 

16

 

20

 

16

 

 Low PA

 

12 (60%)

 

12 (75%)

 

3 (19%)

 

4 (20%)

 

4 (25%)

 Moderate PA

 

8 (40%)

 

4 (25%)

 

13 (81%)

 

12 (60%)

 

12 (75%)

 High PA

 

0

 

0

 

0

 

4 (20%)

 

0

Barthel20, mean (SD)

20

15.6 (3.6)

16

16.3 (3.7)

15

19 (1.7)

20

16.7 (3.6)

16

18.1 (2.0)

OMC, mean (SD)

19

18.3 (6.6)

16

20 (5.2)

16

21.4 (4.1)

20

24 (4.8)

16

21.9 (5.7)

DEMMI, mean (SD)

20

50.6 (18.6)

16

60.4(18.5)

16

67.4 (12.6)

20

61.7 (29.2)

16

68.3 (20.0)

LSA, mean (SD)

20

38 (26,1)

16

41 (21.5)

16

65.8 (23.8)

20

73 (37.3)

16

50.6 (26.8)

Pain, yes; n (%)

20

5 (25%)

16

11 (69%)

16

9 (56%)

20

6 (30%)

16

9 (56%)

  1. OMC Orientation Memory Concentration Test, DEMMI De Morton Mobility Score, LSA The University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) Study of Aging Life-Space Assessment (LSA)