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Table 1 Study participant demographics and mean ± standard deviation of gait variables

From: A pilot observational study of gait changes over time before and after an unplanned hospital visit in long-term care residents with dementia

Demographic

variables

Total

(mean ± SD)

No hospital visit (mean ± SD)

Unplanned hospital visit (mean ± SD)

n = 54

n = 41

n = 13*

Age (year)

76.4 ± 7.9

76.6 ± 7.4

75.8 ± 9.5

Sex (female n (%))

24 (44.4)

18 (43.9)

6 (46.1)

Height (cm)

163.6 ± 14.2

163.5 ± 15.2

164.0 ± 10.7

Weight (kg)

66.6 ± 12.8

66.2 ± 13.6

68.1 ± 10.3

Time in study (days)

48.2 ± 23.5

48.3 ± 23.7

48.1 ± 23.7

Gait variables (averaged across full study period)

Number of walks captured

83.4 ± 70.4

88.2 ± 75.6

62.6 ± 46.9

Range (min, max)

8, 306

8, 306

13, 153

Gait speed (m/s)

0.52 ± 0.16

0.52 ± 0.16

0.49 ± 0.17

Step time (s)

0.62 ± 0.13

0.62 ± 0.13

0.63 ± 0.15

Step length (cm)

32.3 ± 9.9

32.6 ± 9.8

31.0 ± 10.5

Step time variability (%)

0.21 ± 0.22

0.21 ± 0.21

0.23 ± 0.23

Step length variability (%)

0.25 ± 0.23

0.25 ± 0.23

0.28 ± 0.25

eMOS (cm)

6.5 ± 2.8

6.3 ± 2.7

7.3 ± 3.2

  1. *The hospitalization group provide information for all 13 participants who had unplanned hospital visits including 7 with gait data prehospital only, 4 with gait data before and after hospital, and 2 with gait data after the hospital only (total of 13).