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Table 1 Baseline characteristics

From: Stand When You Can: development and pilot testing of an intervention to reduce sedentary time in assisted living

Variable

Site A

Site B

Difference between sites

t (p)

Overall

N (%female)

5 (80%)

5 (100%)

10 (90%)

Age

76.2 ± 8.3

88.2 ± 3.5

−2.97 (0.02)*

82.2 ± 8.7

Years in facility

3.1 ± 4.0

2.9 ± 2.1

0.11 (0.92)

3.0 ± 3.0

Marital status

  

2.5 (0.29)a

 

 Widowed

3 (60%)

5 (100%)

 

8 (80%)

 Divorced

1 (20%)

0

 

1 (10%)

 Never married

1 (20%)

0

 

1 (10%)

BMI

31.0 ± 5.3

29.7 ± 7.10

0.31 (0.77)

30.4 ± 6.0

LASA – weekday (hours per day)

14.5 ± 4.6

14.7 ± 3.7

−0.05 (0.96)

14.6 ± 3.9

LASA – weekend (hours per day)

10.3 ± 3.61

11.5 ± 4.7

− 0.44 (0.68)

11.0 ± 4.0

EQ-5D health index

0.64 ± 0.21

0.84 ± 0.09

−1.95 (0.09)

0.74 ± 0.20

EQ-5D health today

70.0 ± 12.7

85.0 ± 11.2

− 1.98 (0.08)

77.5 ± 13.8

ICECAP-O

0.74 ± 0.10

0.92 ± 0.06

−3.38 (0.01)*

0.83 ± 0.12

SPPB score

5.2 ± 2.2

9.8 ± 1.5

−3.92 (0.004)*

 

Sitting time (minutes/day)

614.6 ± 132.3

578.4 ± 237.7

0.28 (0.77)

596.5 ± 182.4

Minutes in seated bouts > 30 min

363.9 ± 144.1

388.3 ± 204.0

−0.22 (0.83)

376.1 ± 167.0

Sit to stand transitions per day

49.2 ± 10.43

41.0 ± 5.7

1.5 (0.16)

45.1 ± 9.0

Steps per day

5762 ± 5788

4586 ± 1273

0.44 (0.67)

5173 ± 3999

  1. All values expressed as mean ± standard deviation
  2. SPPB Short Physical Performance Battery, LASA SBQ Longitudinal Aging Study Amsterdam Sedentary Behaviour Questionnaire, ICECAP – O IcePOP CAPability measure for Older People
  3. aχ2 test conducted to compare means for marital status
  4. * p < 0.05