Table 1 Population characteristics
From: In-home physical frailty monitoring: relevance with respect to clinical tests
Men (n = 78) | Women (n = 116) | mixt (n = 194) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mean | SD | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | |
Age (years) | 78.2 | ±5.2 | 79.4 | ±6.0 | 78.9 | ±5.7 |
Height (cm) | 170.4 | ±6.7 | 156.8 | ±6.1 | 162.2 | ±9.2 |
Activities of Daily Living (ADL) | 5.8 | ±0.4 | 5.7 | ±0.4 | 5.8 | ±0.4 |
Instrumental Activities of Daily Living (IADL) | 5.8 | ±2.1 | 6.8 | ±1.8 | 6.4 | ±2.0 |
Balance disorders (Berg’s scale) | 52.1 | ±4.2 | 50.4 | ±6.4 | 51.1 | ±5.7 |
Timed Up and Go test (TUG (s)) | 11.7 | ±9.0 | 13.1 | ±8.0 | 12.5 | ±8.4 |
Mini-nutritional Assessment – Short form (MNA-SF) | 9.4 | ±1.9 | 9.0 | ±2.0 | 9.1 | ±1.9 |
Risk of developing pressure sores (NORTON’s scale) | 19.5 | ±1.1 | 19.3 | ±1.1 | 19.4 | ±1.1 |
Mini-geriatric depression scale (MINI_GDS) | 0.4 | ±0.8 | 0.9 | ±1.1 | 0.7 | ±1.0 |
Duke Health Profile (DUKE’s scale) | 21.4 | ±4.4 | 20.1 | ±4.4 | 20.6 | ±4.5 |
Comorbidity index (CHARLSON’s scale) | 0.9 | ±1.1 | 0.6 | ±0.8 | 0.7 | ±0.9 |
Weight (kg) | 80.0 | ±12.0 | 65.9 | ±12.6 | 71.6 | ±14.2 |
Walking speed (m/s) | 0.78 | ±0.5 | 0.74 | ±0.4 | 0.75 | ±0.4 |
Grip Strength (Jamar (kg)) | 42.6 | ±18.9 | 25.6 | ±11.3 | 32.4 | ±17.0 |
Time to walk 15 ft (s) | 4.8 | ±1.4 | 6.1 | ±3.5 | 5.6 | ±2.9 |