Clinical Study
Effects of Gait Self-Efficacy and Lower-Extremity Physical Function on Dual-Task Performance in Older Adults
Table 1
Sample characteristics.
| | | | (%) | | | M | ±SD |
| | Age (years) | 65.31 | ±4.45 | | Female | 122 | (62.6) | | Body mass index (kg/m2) | 30.93 | ±5.28 | | Race | | | | Caucasian | 167 | (85.6) | | African American | 23 | (11.8) | | Asian | 5 | (2.6) | | Education | | | | Noncollege graduate | 78 | (40.0) | | College graduate | 117 | (60.0) | | Income | | | | $40,000 | 47 | (28.8) | | >$40,000 | 116 | (71.2) | | Marital status | | | | Married | 118 | (60.5) | | Partnered | 6 | (3.1) | | Single | 24 | (12.3) | | Divorced/separated | 26 | (13.3) | | Widowed | 21 | (10.8) | | Cardiorespiratory fitness (mL/kg⋅min) | 19.90 | ±4.54 | | Stair ascent (sec) | 7.85 | ±1.88 | | Stair descent (sec) | 7.40 | ±2.42 | | 8-ft Up-and-Go (sec) | 5.94 | ±1.16 | | Chair stands (total ) | 11.34 | ±2.53 | | Gait self-efficacy (%) | 94.76 | ±10.38 | | Single-task success ratio (%) | 79.87 | ±16.16 | | Dual-task success ratio (%) | 76.12 | ±17.76 |
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M = mean; SD = standard deviation.
; 32 participants chose not to answer.
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