Mobility and cognition at admission to the nursing home – a cross-sectional study

BMC Geriatrics

Table 3 Planned group comparisons of mobility between degree of dementia

	(1) No/ questionable dementia vs. Mild dementia	(2) Mild dementia vs. Moderate dementia	(3) Moderate dementia vs. Severe dementia
SPPB SUM	p = 0.27^a	p = 0.15^a	p < 0.001^a
SPPB Balance	p = 0.22^b	p = 0.26^b	p = 0.002^b
SPPB Gait	p = 0.54^b	p = 0.06^b	p < 0.001^b
SPPB Chair stand	p = 0.35^b	p = 0.11^b	p < 0.001^b
NHLSD area	p = 0.22^a	p = 0.10^a	p = 0.003^a
NHLSD dependency	p = 0.013^a	p = 0.36^a	p = 0.001^a

SPPB Short Physical Performance Battery, NHLSD Nursing Home Life Space Diameter
^aMann-Whitney U test, ^bChi-square test

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