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Table 2 Baseline characteristics

From: Effectiveness, satisfaction and meaningfulness of a 6-step detection and prevention program for frail community-dwelling older adults: a mixed-method evaluation

 

total group

intervention group

control group

 

Demographic characteristics

N = 869

 

 N = 217

 

 N = 269

  

Mean age (SD) (1)

75.24

(8.04)

75.48

(7.66)

75.51

(8.25)

n.s.

No. of women (%) (2)

429

(49.4)

130

(48.0)

127

(47.2)

n.s.

Marital status (%) (2)

      

n.s.

Married

277

(31.9)

75

(27.7)

81

(30.1)

 

Cohabiting

58

(6.7)

16

(5.9)

19

(7.1)

 

Widowed

308

(35.4)

94

(34.7)

92

(34.2)

 

Divorced

167

(19.2)

64

(23.6)

62

(23.0)

 

Never married

57

(6.6)

21

(7.7)

15

(5.6)

 

Monastic

2

(0.2)

1

(0.4)

0

(0.0)

 

Moved in the past 10 years ( %) (2)

409

(47.1)

133

(49.1)

128

(47.6)

n.s.

Belgian nationality ( %) (2)

845

(97.2)

262

(96.7)

263

(97.8)

n.s.

Socioeconomic characteristics

       

Education level ( %) (3)

      

n.s.

None

16

(1.9)

7

(2.6)

5

(1.9)

 

Lower education

53

(6.1)

11

(4.1)

25

(9.4)

 

Lower secondary education

257

(29.8)

92

(34.3)

82

(30.7)

 

Higher secondary education

320

(37.1)

96

(35.8)

98

(36.7)

 

Higher university or non-university education

217

(25.1)

62

(35.8)

57

(21.3)

 

Income (%) (3)

      

n.s.

500–999

35

(4.6)

13

(5.5)

11

(4.5)

 

1000–1250

172

(22.8)

56

(23.6)

61

(25.1)

 

1251–1499

155

(20.5)

58

(24.5)

41

(16.9)

 

1500–1999

162

(21.4)

44

18.6

60

24.7

 

2000–2499

115

(15.2)

43

18.1

31

12.8

 

>2500

117

(15.5)

23

9.7

39

16.0

 

Multidimensional frailty (1) (Mean, SD)

       

Cognitive

22.35

(23.62)

25.98

24.50

23.68

22.19

n.s.

Environmental

11.60

(16.17)

14.70

17.02

12.29

17.45

n.s.

Physical

32.01

(36.45)

37.83

38.66

36.80

36.29

n.s.

Psychological

19.25

(21.59)

23.09

22.20

22.04

23.67

n.s.

Social

47.75

(20.09)

49.32

19.92

51.43

19.03

n.s.

Well-being (1) (Mean, SD)

       

Meaning in life

76.91

(22.28)

73.85

22.74

75.43

21.86

n.s.

Life Satisfaction

75.78

(21.46)

73.05

23.04

74.81

21.61

n.s.

Mastery

77.11

(25.16)

74.27

25.32

73.85

25.07

n.s.

Total well-being

76.75

(18.69)

73.66

19.28

74.98

18.47

n.s.

  1. Note: n.s. = not significant at the 0.05 level, (1) = independent sample t-test, (2)= χ2-test, (3) = Mann–Whitney U test