Research Article
Self-Reported Ability to Walk, Run, and Lift Objects among Older Canadians
Table 2
Distribution of responses to walking, running, and lifting ability questions in the study sample (
= 1,138).
| | Level | Not difficult
at all | A little
difficult | Somewhat difficult | Very
difficult | Unable | Missing |
| | Walking | | 10 m | 973 (85.5%) | 107 (9.4%) | 39 (3.4%) | 13 (1.1%) | 4 (0.4%) | 2 (0.2%) | | 100 m | 885 (77.8%) | 115 (10.1%) | 87 (7.6%) | 35 (3.1%) | 15 (1.3%) | 1 (0.1%) | | 1,000 m | 705 (62.0%) | 178 (15.6%) | 112 (9.8%) | 69 (6.1%) | 70 (6.2%) | 4 (0.4%) | | 10,000 m | 241 (21.2%) | 279 (24.5%) | 203 (17.8%) | 170 (14.9%) | 225 (19.8%) | 20 (1.8%) | | 50,000 m | 18 (1.6%) | 70 (6.2%) | 170 (14.9%) | 205 (18.0%) | 566 (49.7%) | 109 (9.6%) | | Running | | 10 m | 561 (49.3%) | 188 (16.5%) | 116 (10.2%) | 85 (7.5%) | 173 (15.2%) | 15 (1.3%) | | 100 m | 264 (23.2%) | 268 (23.6%) | 160 (14.1%) | 152 (13.4%) | 274 (24.1%) | 20 (1.8%) | | 1,000 m | 58 (5.1%) | 119 (10.5%) | 154 (13.5%) | 218 (19.2%) | 556 (48.9%) | 33 (2.9%) | | 10,000 m | 11 (1.0%) | 30 (2.6%) | 59 (5.2%) | 163 (14.3%) | 833 (73.2%) | 42 (3.7%) | | 50,000 m | 3 (0.3%) | 9 (0.8%) | 27 (2.4%) | 63 (5.5%) | 980 (86.1%) | 56 (4.9%) | | Lifting | | 250 g | 1113 (97.8%) | 17 (1.5%) | 1 (0.1%) | 0 (0.0%) | 1 (0.1%) | 6 (0.5%) | | 1 kg | 1059 (93.1%) | 58 (5.1%) | 13 (1.1%) | 2 (0.2%) | 0 (0.0%) | 6 (0.5%) | | 4 kg | 852 (74.9%) | 187 (16.4%) | 62 (5.4%) | 26 (2.3%) | 5 (0.4%) | 6 (0.5%) | | 10 kg | 562 (49.4%) | 291 (25.6%) | 158 (13.9%) | 80 (7.0%) | 35 (3.1%) | 12 (1.1%) | | 50 kg | 82 (7.2%) | 206 (18.1%) | 275 (24.2%) | 285 (25.0%) | 282 (24.8%) | 8 (0.7%) | | 100 kg | 6 (0.5%) | 26 (2.3%) | 71 (6.2%) | 157 (13.8%) | 850 (74.7%) | 28 (2.5%) |
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14 cases with missing data on all ability questions were excluded.
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