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Table 3 Longitudinal gait changes before hospital visit in patients grouped by whether they had an unplanned hospital visit, adjusted for age and sex

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

Gait variables

Before hospital visit

Estimate

SD

df

t-value

p-value

Gait speed (cm/s/week)

Group

-0.15

0.30

36

-0.49

0.63

Time

-5.7

1.01

2700

-5.6

< 0.001

Group X Time

-0.85

0.38

910

-2.2

0.025

Step time (s/week)

Group

-0.0064

0.0018

31

-3.5

< 0.001

Time

0.013

0.0087

1300

1.5

0.12

Group X Time

-0.00075

0.0031

270

-0.24

0.81

Step length (cm/week)

Group

-0.35

0.15

35

-2.38

0.023

Time

-3.2

0.58

2000

-5.6

< 0.001

Group X Time

-0.54

0.21

640

-2.5

0.012

Step time variability (%/week)

Group

1.2

0.31

35

3.8

< 0.001

Time

-3.2

1.5

510

-2.2

0.030

Group X Time

0.79

0.54

210

1.5

0.14

Step length variability (%/week)

Group

1.4

0.43

36

3.3

0.002

Time

-1.6

1.6

1000

-0.97

0.33

Group X Time

0.18

0.62

560

0.29

0.77

eMOS (cm/week)

Group

-0.11

0.035

21

-3.2

0.005

Time

0.72

0.19

780

3.9

< 0.001

Group X Time

-0.077

0.064

130

-1.19

0.24