Table 1 Characteristics of study participants
Characteristic | All participants (n = 82)1 | Participants who contributed qualitative interviews2 (n = 17) |
|---|---|---|
Age (median (Interquartile range (IQR))) | 84 (79–89) | 82 (81–86) |
Gender | ||
 Male n (%) | 30 (37) | 8 (47) |
 Female n (%) | 52 (63) | 9 (53) |
Number of hospital admissions (median (IQR)) | ||
 In 6 months prior to study | 2 (1–3) | 1 (1–3) |
 During study | 1 (0–2) | 1 (0–2) |
Elixhauser comorbidity score (median (IQR)) | 3 (2–5) | 4 (3–5) |
Presence of cognitive impairment3 n (%) | 19 (23) | 4 (22) |
CFS4 (median (IQR)) | ||
 Baseline | 6 (5–6) | 6 (5–7) |
 12 weeks | 6 (5–6) | 6 (5–6) |
 24 weeks | 6 (5–6) | 6 (5–7) |
AKPS5(median (IQR)) | ||
 Baseline | 50 (50–60) | 50 (50–60) |
 12 weeks | 60 (50–60) | 60 (50–60) |
 24 weeks | 60 (50–60) | 50 (40–60) |
Income status n (%) | ||
 Living comfortably on current income | 41 (50) | 9 (53) |
 Coping on current income | 32 (39) | 8 (47) |
 Difficult on current income | 4 (5) | 0 (0) |
 Very difficult on current income | 1 (1) | 0 (0) |
 Don’t know | 2 (2) | 0 (0) |
 Prefer not to say | 2 (2) | 0 (0) |
Religious n (%) | ||
 Yes | 60 (73) | 10 (59) |
 No | 21 (26) | 7 (419) |
 Missing | 1 (1) | 0 (0) |
Living status n (%) | ||
 Lives alone | 43 (52.4) | 8 (47) |
 Lives with someone | 39 (47.6) | 9 (53) |
Ethnicity n (%) | ||
 White British | 70 (85) | 17 (100) |
 White other | 2 (2) | 0 (0) |
 Irish | 3 (4) | 0 (0) |
 Caribbean | 4 (5) | 0 (0) |
 African | 1 (1) | 0 (0) |
 Other | 1 (1) | 0 (0) |
 Missing | 1 (1) | 0 (0) |