Research Article

The de Morton Mobility Index: Normative Data for a Clinically Useful Mobility Instrument

Table 2

DEMMI normative Scores for group comparisons: mean, 95% confidence interval, and number in each subsample.

Age categoryOverallIndependentIndependent womenIndependent menSemi-independent

Mean
(95% CI)
Number

86.486.2 87.282.887.4
60–69(83.2, 89.6)(82.9, 89.6)(83.3, 91.1)(75.4, 90.1)(70.4, 100)
𝑛 = 4 3 𝑛 = 3 8 𝑛 = 3 0 𝑛 = 8 𝑛 = 5

81.484.3 83.488.477.2
70–79(78.9, 83.9)(81.5, 87.1)(80.2, 86.6)(82.1, 94.6)(72.9, 81.6)
𝑛 = 9 6 𝑛 = 5 7 𝑛 = 4 7 𝑛 = 1 0 𝑛 = 3 9

75.377.9 78.676.071.9
80–89(71.8, 78.9)(73.3, 82.5)(73.3, 83.8)(63.10, 88.9)(65.9, 77.9)
𝑛 = 4 3 𝑛 = 2 4 𝑛 = 1 8 𝑛 = 6 𝑛 = 1 8

90+626262
𝑛 = 1 𝑛 = 1 𝑛 = 1

81.0 83.583.7 82.6 76.5
Total(79.3, 82.8)(82.5, 85.4)(81.4, 85.9)(77.9, 87.2)(73.1, 79.9)
𝑛 = 1 8 3 𝑛 = 1 2 0 𝑛 = 9 5 𝑛 = 2 5 𝑛 = 6 2