Table 1 Characteristics of included participants, gender and programme preference
|  | Women n = 48 | Men n = 19 | Total n = 67 | DP n = 29 | PB n = 38 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Age, years, mean ± SD | 76 ± 4 | 76 ± 5 | 76 ± 4 | 76 ± 5 | 77 ± 3 |
Total exercise minutes, mean ± SD | 745 ± 685 | 1116 ± 713 | 850 ± 708 | 1008 ± 810 | 730 ± 602 |
Women, n (%) | Â | Â | 48 (72) | 18 (62) | 30 (79) |
Living alone, n (%) | 26 (54) | 4 (21) | 30 (45) | 13 (45) | 17 (45) |
Education, n (%) | |||||
 Primary | 28 (58) | 6 (32) | 34 (51) | 11 (38) | 23 (61) |
 Secondary | 11 (23) | 8 (42) | 19 (28) | 9 (31) | 10 (26) |
 Tertiary | 9 (19) | 5 (26) | 14 (21) | 9 (31) | 5 (13) |
Perceive decreased balance, n (%) | 44 (92) | 18 (95) | 62 (93) | 26 (90) | 36 (95) |
Self-reported falls previous year | 26 (54) | 13 (68) | 39 (58) | 17 (59) | 22 (58) |
Use of walking aid, n (%) | |||||
 Indoors | 2 (4) | 0 (0) | 2 (3) | 0 (0) | 2 (5) |
 Outdoors | 12 (25) | 2 (11) | 14 (21) | 4 (14) | 10 (26) |
Self-reported health, n (%) | |||||
 Good or very good | 31 (65) | 7 (37) | 38 (57) | 16 (55) | 22 (58) |
 Fair | 15 (31) | 11 (58) | 26 (39) | 13 (45) | 13 (34) |
 Not good | 2 (4) | 1 (5) | 3 (4) | 0 (0) | 3 (8) |
Access to smartphone/tablet, n (%) | 30 (65)a | 9 (47) | 39 (60) | 23 (79) | 16 (44)a |
Access to computer, n (%) | 37 (49)a | 16 (84) | 53 (82) | 26 (90) | 27 (75)a |