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Table 1 Characteristics of participants

From: Perceived risks, concession travel pass access and everyday technology use for out-of-home participation: cross-sectional interviews among older people in the UK

Measure

Participants (n = 128)

Gender, n (%)

 Female

63 (49.22)

 Male

65 (50.78)

Age

 

Median: 76.00 IQR: 68.25–82.00

Min-Max: 55.00–96.00

Dementia diagnosis, n (%)

 Dementia

64 (50.00)

 No known cognitive impairment

64 (50.00)

MoCAa

 

Median: 24.00 IQR: 21.00–26.00

Min-Max: 12.00–30.00

Years of education

 

Median: 12.00 IQR: 11.00–14.00

Min-Max: 7.00–21.00

Living arrangement, n (%)

 Cohabit

79 (61.72)

 Live alone

49 (38.28)

Living environment, n (%)

 Urban

98 (76.56)

 Rural

30 (23.44)

Drive a car, n (%)

 Driver

72 (56.25)

 Non-driver

56 (43.75)

Concession travel pass, n (%)

 Concession travel pass

68 (53.12)

 No concession travel pass

60 (46.88)

Functional impairment, n (%)

 Functional impairment

110 (85.94)

 No functional impairment

18 (14.06)

Everyday Technology use (n = 49)

 

Median: 16.00 IQR: 9.00–22.00

Min-Max: 1.00–35.00

Perceived risk of falling, n (%)

 Perceived risk

56 (43.75)

 No perceived risk

72 (56.25)

Perceived risk of getting lost, n (%)

 Perceived risk

23 (17.97)

 No perceived risk

105 (82.03)

Perceived risk of feeling embarrassedb, n (%)

 Perceived risk

35 (27.56)

 No perceived risk

92 (72.44)

Perceived risk of feeling stressed, n (%)

 Perceived risk

41 (32.03)

 No perceived risk

87 (67.97)

  1. aMontreal Cognitive Assessment has possible scores from 0 to 30. A higher score indicates higher cognitive status [32]
  2. bMissing data (data for one participant missing)