Table 2 Characteristics of older adult participants, aged 65+
Characteristic | Categories/units | n | % | missing n / % | mean ± SD (range) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Age | Years | 11,619 | 100% | 0/0.0 | 73 ± 6 (65,86) |
Age group | 65–74 | 6910 | 59% | 0/0.0 | |
75+ | 4709 | 41% | |||
Sex | Male | 5903 | 51% | 0/0.0 | |
Female | 5716 | 49% | |||
Marital status | Single, never married or never lived with a partner | 656 | 6% | 1/0.0 | |
Married/Living with a partner in a common-law relationship | 7378 | 64% | |||
Widowed | 2042 | 18% | |||
Divorced | 1333 | 12% | |||
Separated | 209 | 2% | |||
Education | Less than secondary school graduation | 1004 | 9% | 32/0.3 | |
Secondary school graduation, no post-secondary education | 1243 | 11% | |||
Some post-secondary education | 954 | 8% | |||
Post-secondary degree/diploma | 8386 | 72% | |||
Total household income | Less than $20,000 | 675 | 6% | 1014/8.7 | |
$20,000 or more, but less than $50,000 | 3524 | 30% | |||
$50,000 or more, but less than $100,000 | 4254 | 37% | |||
$100,000 or more, but less than $150,000 | 1428 | 12% | |||
$150,000 or more | 724 | 6% | |||
Number chronic conditions | 0 | 238 | 2% | 0/0.0 | |
1 | 692 | 6% | |||
2 | 1202 | 10% | |||
3 | 1557 | 13% | |||
4 | 1601 | 14% | |||
5 | 1599 | 14% | |||
6 | 1341 | 12% | |||
7+ | 3389 | 29% | |||
Urban/Rural | Urban | 10,824 | 93% | 0/0.0 | |
Rural | 795 | 7% | |||
Depression | Rarely or never (less than 1 day) | 9597 | 83% | 0/0.0 | |
Some of the time (1–2 days) | 1284 | 11% | |||
Occasionally (3–4 days) | 559 | 5% | |||
All of the time (5-7 days) | 179 | 2% | |||
Fear in walking alone after dark | Strongly agree | 171 | 2% | 0/0.0 | |
Agree | 1331 | 12% | |||
Disagree | 6866 | 59% | |||
Strongly disagree | 3251 | 28% | |||
Frequency of falls | # of falls in the past 12 months | 11,600 | 100% | 19/0.2 | 0.2 ± 0.7 (0, 20) |
Moving in neighbourhood - help | NOT BEEN to places in your neighbourhood other than your own yard or driveway | 200 | 2% | 2/0.0 | |
Yes, personal assistance | 58 | 1% | |||
Yes, equipment only | 500 | 4% | |||
No | 10,859 | 93% | |||
Moving in neighbourhood - frequency | Never | 200 | 2% | 4/0.0 | |
Less than once per week | 117 | 1% | |||
1 to 3 times per week | 1240 | 11% | |||
4 to 6 times per week | 2526 | 22% | |||
Daily | 7532 | 65% | |||
Moving outside of home - help | NOT BEEN to places outside your home such as your porch, deck or patio, hallway (of an apartment building) or garage, in your own yard or driveway | 23 | 0% | 1/0.0 | |
Yes, personal assistance | 17 | 0% | |||
Yes, equipment only | 352 | 3% | |||
No | 11,226 | 97% | |||
Moving outside of home - frequency | Never | 23 | 0% | 6/0.0 | |
Less than once per week | 26 | 0% | |||
1 to 3 times per week | 237 | 2% | |||
4 to 6 times per week | 807 | 7% | |||
Daily | 10,520 | 91% | |||
Moving outside of bedroom- help | NOT BEEN to other rooms of your home besides the room where you sleep | 22 | 0% | 1/0.0 | |
Yes, personal assistance | 6 | 0% | |||
Yes, equipment only | 226 | 2% | |||
No | 11,364 | 98% | |||
Moving outside of bedroom- frequency | Never | 22 | 0% | 3/0.0 | |
Less than once per week | 5 | 0% | |||
1 to 3 times per week | 3 | 0% | |||
4 to 6 times per week | 16 | 0% | |||
Daily | 11,570 | 100% | |||
Moving in town - help | NOT BEEN to places outside your neighbourhood, but within your town | 72 | 1% | 2/0.0 | |
Yes, personal assistance | 126 | 1% | |||
Yes, equipment only | 511 | 4% | |||
No | 10,908 | 94% | |||
Moving in town - frequency | Never | 72 | 1% | 6/0.0 | |
Less than once per week | 301 | 3% | |||
1 to 3 times per week | 3386 | 29% | |||
4 to 6 times per week | 3933 | 34% | |||
Daily | 3921 | 34% | |||
Walking ability | Walk with help of person or used one or more of the mobility aids (cane, wheelchair, scooter, walker, leg braces) | 1827 | 16% | 10/0.1 | |
Walk without help | 9782 | 84% | |||
Walking outdoors frequency | Never | 1992 | 17% | 17/0.1 | |
Seldom (1 to 2 days) | 1605 | 14% | |||
Sometimes (3 to 4 days) | 2082 | 18% | |||
Often (5 to 7 days) | 5923 | 51% | |||
Walking endurance | Never | 1992 | 17% | 69/0.5 | |
Less than 30 minutes | 1992 | 17% | |||
30 minutes but less than 1 hour | 4182 | 36% | |||
1 hour but less than 2 hours | 2614 | 22% | |||
2 hours but less than 4 hours | 648 | 6% | |||
4 hours or more | 122 | 1% | |||
Pain intensity | Severe usual | 479 | 4% | 97/0.8 | |
Moderate | 2243 | 19% | |||
Mild | 1756 | 15% | |||
Usually free | 7044 | 61% | |||
Pain preventing activities | NOT free of pain, MOST activities prevented by pain or discomfort | 444 | 4% | 68/0.5 | |
NOT free of pain, SOME activities prevented by pain or discomfort | 820 | 7% | |||
NOT free of pain, a FEW activities prevented by pain or discomfort | 1351 | 12% | |||
Free of pain or no activities prevented by pain or discomfort | 8936 | 77% | |||
General health | Poor | 150 | 1% | 12/0.1 | |
Fair | 861 | 7% | |||
Good | 3483 | 30% | |||
Very good | 4777 | 42% | |||
Excellent | 2336 | 20% | |||
Balance | Best attained time for standing on one leg (in seconds) | 10,695 | 92% | 924/8.0 | 22.1 ± 21.9 (0.0,60.0) |
Standing up - Leg strength | Seconds to completely stand up and sit down from chair 5 times | 10,936 | 94% | 683/5.9 | 14.2 ± 3.9 (2.1,60.0) |
Gait speed | metres/second | 11,469 | 99% | 150/1.3 | 0.9 ± 0.2 (0.2,2.3) |
Functional speed (TUG) | Seconds required to stand up, walk 3 m, turn around, return and sit | 11,446 | 99% | 173/1.5 | 10.3 ± 2.6 (2.8,48.5) |