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Table 4 Walking speeds indoors and outdoorsa

From: A park-based group mobility program for older adults with difficulty walking outdoors: a quantitative process evaluation of the Getting Older Adults Outdoors (GO-OUT) randomized controlled trial

Outdoor walk group week and level of walking ability

n

Indoor 10mWT baseline gait speed (comfortable) (m/s)

Outdoor gait speed (m/s)

P value (Paired t-test)

Week 3, < 0.8 m/s

8

0.69 (0.08)

0.61 (0.10)

0.05

Week 9, < 0.8 m/s

7

0.70 (0.09)

0.67 (0.18)

0.65

Week 3, ≥ 0.8 m/s

51

1.10 (0.20)

0.67 (0.15)

 < 0.001

Week 9, ≥ 0.8 m/s

43

1.12 (0.21)

0.75 (0.21)

 < 0.001

  1. Mean (SD)
  2. aThis table includes participants who attended a week 3 session with two continuous distance walks and participants who attended a week 9 session with two continuous distance walks