Research Article
Association between Sedentary Behaviour and Physical, Cognitive, and Psychosocial Status among Older Adults in Assisted Living
Table 1
Participant characteristics and test scores on physical, cognitive, and psychosocial function measures.
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| | Demographic characteristic | | Age (mean (SD) in years) | 85.7 (7.4) | 86.8 (7.5) | 86.7 (7.5) | | Length of stay in AL (mean (SD) in months) | 22.9 (15.4) | 25.4 (18.0) | 25.0 (17.6) | | Postsecondary education (%) | 31.6 | 21.7 | 23.7 | | Regular use of mobility aid (%) | 88.2 | 83.5 | 84.2 | | Reported health concerns (mean (SD) number) | 2.71 (1.36) | 2.46 (1.39) | 2.50 (1.38) | | Hypertension (%) | 52.9 | 55.2 | 54.9 | | Parkinson’s Disease (%) | 11.8 | 5.2 | 6.2 | | Test score | | Timed Up and Go (mean (SD) in seconds) | 20.1 (9.5) | 20.8 (10.1) | 20.7 (10.0) | | Short Physical Performance Battery (mean (SD) score out of 12) | 4.94 (1.64) | 5.28 (2.34) | 5.23 (2.25) | | Gait speed (mean (SD) in m/s) | 0.71 (0.24) | 0.75 (0.24) | 0.75 (0.29) | | Montreal Cognitive Assessment (mean (SD) score out of 30) | 18.88 (6.44) | 20.02 (5.14) | 19.85 (5.33) | | Short Geriatric Depression Scale (mean (SD) score out of 15) | 3.8 (3.7) | 3.1 (3.1) | 3.2 (3.2) | | Modified Falls Efficacy Scale (mean (SD) score out of 10) | 7.8 (1.9) | 8.1 (1.8) | 8.0 (1.8) |
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