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Table 3 Characteristics of the participants according to their performance on the QoL-AD Test and their depression risk assessed by the Goldberg Depression Scale

From: Physical activity and fitness are associated with verbal memory, quality of life and depression among nursing home residents: preliminary data of a randomized controlled trial

Ā 

QoL-AD Test

Goldberg Depression Scale

Variables

< median

ā‰„ median

50% risk Depression

No depression risk

Age (yr) mean (SD)

85.4 (6.4)

84.0 (7.2)

86.1 (6.7)

84.2 (6.9)

Sex

Ā Ā Ā Ā 

ā€ƒMen %

25.5%

34.5%

11.5%

36.8%*

ā€ƒWomen %

74.5%

65.5%

88.5%

63.2%

Barthel Index mean (SD)

81.1 (12.9)

81.2 (12.6)

80.8 (14.4)

81.2 (12.1)

BMI (kg/m2) mean (SD)

27.7 (4.7)

28.7 (5.6)

28.7 (5.5)

28.1 (5.1)

Education

Ā Ā Ā Ā 

ā€ƒā‰¤ā€‰12Ā years %

93.5%

89.1%

96.2%

89.3%

ā€ƒ>ā€‰12Ā years %

6.5%

10.9%

3.8%

10.7%

Steps/day mean (SD)

742.40 (727.20)

1484.2 (2266.8)**

554.7 (295.3)

1339.7 (1997.2)**

Light physical activity (min/day) mean (SD)

70.84 (44.61)

99.8 (67.0)*

61.7 (37.5)

94.8 (63.0)**

MVPA (min/day) mean (SD)

0.9 (1.7)

1.6 (4.2)

0.9 (1.2)

1.5 (3.7)

Handgrip (Kg) mean (SD)

19.38 (6.91)

22.7 (8.0)*

18.7 (5.4)

22.0 (8.2)

Chair stand test (rep) mean (SD)

6.80 (3.96)

8.4 (3.9)*

6.7 (3.9)

7.9 (4.0)*

Arm curl test (rep) mean (SD)

10.98 (4.19)

13.4 (3.7)**

10.4 (3.0)

12.9 (4.2)**

6-min walk test (m) mean (SD)

219.92 (75.90)

242.3 (100.8)

221.8 (72.5)

235.4 (95.8)

Chair sit-and-reach test (cm) mean (SD)

āˆ’ā€‰11.56 (9.29)

āˆ’ā€‰11.5 (9.5)

āˆ’ā€‰12.9 (8.7)

āˆ’ā€‰11.1 (9.6)

Back scratch test (cm) mean (SD)

āˆ’ā€‰21.22 (15.12)

āˆ’ā€‰20.9 (11.7)

āˆ’ā€‰20.2 (15.1)

āˆ’ā€‰21.2 (12.8)

8-ft up-and-go test (sec) mean (SD)

16.34 (8.88)

13.41 (6.2)

15.5 (7.3)

14.5 (7.8)

  1. Abbreviations: QoL-AD Test Quality of Life-Alzheimer Disease Test, BMI Body Mass Index, MVPA moderate-vigorous physical activity, rep repetitions
  2. * pā€‰<ā€‰0.05
  3. ** pā€‰<ā€‰0.01