Skip to main content

Table 3 Mean numbers of response items per participant by the GLFS-25 levels from 19 questions

From: Characteristics of disability in activity of daily living in elderly people associated with locomotive disorders

 

Level 1

Level 2

Level 3

Level 4

Level 5

Level 6

Level 7

Total

Not difficult

17.3

14.1

9.9

7.7

4.5

3.1

1.6

9.8

Mildly difficult

1.6

3.7

6.3

6.2

7.3

6.8

4.0

4.9

Moderately difficult

0.1

0.7

1.8

2.6

3.3

3.6

4.5

1.9

Considerably difficult

0.0

0.3

0.7

1.6

1.6

3.2

4.2

1.3

Extremely difficult

0.0

0.1

0.3

0.9

1.4

2.3

4.7

0.9

  1. The number of response ‘not difficult’ decreased and the number of ‘moderately difficult’, ‘considerably difficult’, and ‘extremely difficult’ were increased in accordance with progression of ADL disability level