Table 5 Comparison of Late Life Function and Disability Instrument (LLFDI) scores between this study and other reported studies.
From: Screening for pre-clinical disability in different residential settings
Author | This Study | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Study population | Convenience sample of 150 USA community dwellers recruited by telephone, 60+ years, cognitively intact, able to get out of bed, no recent hospitalisation, stratified by physical function limitation defined by the physical function items of the SF-36. | AUST community and retirement dwellers, 70+ years, Pre-clinically disabled based on Fried screening tool. | ||||||
Sample Size | Severe limitation (n = 27) | Moderate limitation (n = 45) | Slight limitation (n = 57) | All (n = 471) | Community (n = 366) | Retirement (n = 105) | Men (n = 151) | Women (n = 320) |
LLFDI dimension: | mean(SE) | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Function Total | 41.7 (7.0) | 53.2 (6.2) | 65.6 (6.9) | 59.3 (7.9) | 59.9 (8.1) | 56.9 (6.9) | 62 (8.4) | 58 (7.4) |
Disability frequency | 44.3 (4.9) | 49.5 (4.9) | 53.6 (4.8) | 52.8 (4.9) | 52.8 (4.5) | 52.5 (6.2) | 51.9 (4.4) | 53.1 (5.1) |
Disability limitation | 55.4 (7.3) | 63.5 (8.3) | 73.8 (10.9) | 73.4 (12) | 73.6 (11.7) | 72.7 (13.1) | 73.6 (11.7) | 73.3 (12.1) |