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Table 1 Baseline characteristics of participants allocated to reablement group or control group

From: A multicenter investigation of reablement in Norway: a clinical controlled trial

 

All participants (N = 828)

Reablement group (n = 707)

Control group (n = 121)

p a

Age, years, mean (SD)

78.4 (10.9)

78.2(11.2)

79.5(9.3)

0.22

Female, n (%)

575 (69.3)

488 (68.7)

87 (72.5)

0.41

Higher education, n (%)

167 (20.3)

140 (19.9)

27 (22.5)

0.52

Living alone

596 (71.6)

502 (70.7)

94 (78.3)

0.38

Motivation, scale 1–10, (10 is highest), mean (SD)

8.1 (2.1)

8.2 (2.0)

7.4 (2.6)

< 0.001

COPMb-Pc, scale 1–10, (10 is highest), mean (SD)

3.54 (1.62)

3.46 (1.61)

4.00 (1.91)

0.01

COPMb-Sd, scale 1–10, (10 is highest), mean (SD)

3.41 (1.82)

3.31 (1.81)

4.14 (2.1)

< 0.001

  1. aDifference between groups (independent-sample t tests for means and χ2 tests for proportions). SD standard deviation of the mean
  2. bCanadian Occupational Performance Measure, cActivity performance, d Satisfaction with performance