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Table 1 Baseline characteristics of participants with dementia

From: A feasibility study and pilot randomised trial of a tailored prevention program to reduce falls in older people with mild dementia

Baseline characteristics

Intervention (n=11)

Control (n=11)

Gender: n (% women)

5 (45.5%)

4 (36.4%)

Age (mean ±SD)

78.7 (± 4.2)

80.9 (± 5.0)

Years of education (mean ±SD)

10.6 (±2.4)

12.0 (±4.3)

Number of medications (mean ±SD)

3.4 (±1.7)

5.0 (±2.5)

Number of co-morbidities (mean ±SD)

3.0 (±2.4)

4.1 (±2.2)

Living situation:

  

  Lives alonea n (%)

4 (36.4%)

2 (18.2%)

  Lives with spouse or family n (%)

7 (63.6%)

9 (81.8%)

Female carers (%)

8 (72.7%)

8 (72.7%)

Falls previous 12 months (mean ±SD)

2.09 (±2.5)

2.45 (±3.2)

Number falls in past year:

  

  No falls

4 (36.4%)

2 (18.2%)

  1 fall

2 (18.2%)

4 (36.4%)

  2 or more falls

5 (45.5%)

5 (45.5%)

ACE-Rb (mean ±SD)

67.8 (±12.6)

62.5 (±14.2)

MMSEc (mean ±SD)

24.5 (±3.1)

22.5 (±4.3)

  1. Notes:
  2. aCarers were adult children of participants who met inclusion criteria of at least 3.5 hours face to face contact per week.
  3. bACE-R – Addenbrooke’s cognitive examination – revised. Score range 0–100. Cut off score for dementia ≥82.
  4. cMMSE – Mini mental state examination. Score range 0–30.
  5. Higher scores on both ACE-R and MMSE indicate better cognition.