Baseline characteristics | Intervention (n=11) | Control (n=11) |
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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: | Â | Â |
  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: | Â | Â |
  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) |