Discriminative validity of the Core outcome set functional independence in a population of older adults

BMC Geriatrics

Table 2 Demographic characteristics of older adults measured for Functional Independence

Participant Characteristics	Total		Independent living No help with (i)ADL		Independent living Help with (i)ADL		Living in residential care facility
Participant Characteristics	n = 178		n = 66		n = 69		n = 43
Age in years at study participation (mean, sd)	80.19 (8.05)		76.50 (6.40)*		80.77 (7.30)*		84.93 (8.85)*
Gender (n, %)
male	72	40.4	32	48.5	26	37.7	14	32.6
female	106	59.6	34	51.5	43	62.3	29	67.4
Educational level (n, %)
none	1	0.6	1	1.5	0	0.0	0	0.0
primary	121	68.0	42	63.3	47	68.2	32	74.4
secondary	38	21.3	15	22.7	13	18.8	10	23.3
tertiary	18	10.1	8	12.1	9	13.0	1	2.3
Type of residence in case of living in the community (n,%)
alone	80	59.3	39	59.1	41	59.4		na
with other(s)	55	40.7	27	40.9	28	40.6		na
No. of medical conditions (n, %)
none	12	6.7	9*^,†	13.6	2*	2.9	1^†	2.3
one or two	73	41.1	38*^,†	57.6	23*	33.3	12^†	27.9
three or more	93	52.2	19*^,†	28.8	44*	63.8	30^†	69.8

(i)ADL (instrumental) activities of daily living; n number of participants; sd standard deviation; no. number; % = percentage; *,† = significant difference between groups p < 0

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