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Table 2 Hospital exposures by study group according to mobility outcome

From: The effect of intervening hospitalizations on the benefit of structured physical activity in promoting independent mobility among community-living older persons: secondary analysis of a randomized controlled trial

 

Physical activity

Health education

Initial onset of MMDa

Participants at risk, n

818

817

Participants hospitalized, n (%)

349 (42.9)

301 (36.8)

 Time in years to first hospitalization, median (IQR)

1.0 (0.5–1.8)

1.1 (0.5–1.9)

Hospitalizations, n

611

501

 Per participant, mean (SD)

0.8 (1.2)

0.6 (1.1)

 Per participant hospitalized, mean (SD)

1.8 (1.2)

1.7 (1.2)

Days hospitalized, n

2679

2195

 Per participant, mean (SD)

3.3 (7.4)

2.7 (6.3)

 Per participant hospitalized, mean (SD)

7.7 (9.8)

7.3 (8.5)

Recovery from MMDb

Participants at risk, n

246

290

Participants hospitalized, n (%)

72 (29.3)

87 (30.0)

 Time in years to first hospitalization, median (IQR)

0.3 (0.1–0.6)

0.3 (0.2–0.8)

  1. Abbreviations: IQR interquartile range, MMD major mobility disability, SD standard deviation
  2. aFrom time of randomization to initial onset of MMD, which occurred in 246 (30.0%) and 290 (35.5%) of participants in the physical activity and health education groups
  3. bFrom time of initial MMD onset to first recovery, which occurred in 89 (36.2%) and 98 (33.8%) of participants in the physical activity and health education groups