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Table 4 Baseline characteristics

From: The effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of strength and balance Exergames to reduce falls risk for people aged 55 years and older in UK assisted living facilities: a multi-centre, cluster randomised controlled trial

Assistive living facility (ALF) characteristics

Control ‘usual care’

n = 9

Intervention ‘Exergames’

n = 9

Location, n

 Manchester

6

6

 Glasgow

3

3

Manchester IMD ranka, median (range, IQR)

14,844 (3319–23,972, (8839.0–18,169.25))

19,931 (4647–26,933) (11,715.8–26,543.0)

Glasgow SIMD rankb, median (range, IQR)

2788 (1382–5907) (2085.0–4347.5)

1004 (149–5100) (576.0–3052.0)

Manchester IMD decile, median (range, IQR)

5 (2–9)

6.5 (2–9)

Glasgow SIMD decile, median (range, IQR)

4 (2–4)

2 (1–8)

Participant characteristics

Control ‘usual care’

n = 50

Intervention ‘Exergames’

n = 56

Participants, n

50

56

 Manchester

32

41

 Glasgow

18

15

Female sex, n (%)

38 (76.0)

45 (80.4)

Age, years (SD/range)

77.8 (10.2/58–101)

77.9 (8.9/58–96)

Ethnicity, n (%)

 White British or Irish

50 (100)

52 (92.9)

 Asian or Asian British

0 (0.0)

1 (1.8)

 Mixed

0 (0.0)

2 (3.6)

 Other ethnic groups

0 (0.0)

1 (1.8)

Employment, n (%)

 Retired

47 (94.0)

54 (96.4)

 Doing voluntary work

1 (2.0)

1 (1.8)

 Unemployed through sickness/disability

2 (4.0)

1 (1.8)

Marital status, n (%)

 Single, never married

7 (14.0)

10 (17.9)

 Married/living with partner

8 (16.0)

2 (3.6)

 Divorced

6 (12.0)

10 (17.9)

 Separated

1 (2.0)

1 (1.8)

 Widowed

28 (56.0)

33 (58.9)

1 year history of falls, n (%)

 No falls reported (non-fallers)

21 (42)

32 (57)

 1 fall reported (single fallers)

14 (28)

7 (13)

 > 1 fall reported (multiple fallers)

15 (30)

17 (30)

Self-reported vision, n (%)

 Excellent

4 (8)

7 (13)

 Good

24 (48)

22 (39)

 Fair

16 (32)

19 (34)

 Poor

5 (10)

7 (13)

 Very poor

1 (2)

0 (0)

 Registered blind

0 (0)

1 (2)

  1. IMD and SIMD decile score ranges 1–10, where 1 is the least deprived and 10 the most deprived
  2. aThe IMD (2015) rank is the Index of Multiple Deprivation and combines a number of indicators, chosen to cover a range of social, economic and housing issues, into a single deprivation ranked score, the lower the score the more deprived
  3. bThe SIMD (2016) rank is the Scottish equivalent of the IMD rank