Table 1 Demographic and health-related characteristics of study participants at entry to the trial
Values are numbers (%) unless stated otherwise | Control (n = 16) | Home safety only (n = 16) | Home safety + Home exercise (n = 17) |
|---|---|---|---|
Mean (SD) age (years) | 80.8 (6.9) | 81.4 (7.5) | 82.1 (8.7) |
Women (%) | 12 (75) | 12 (75) | 8 (47) |
Ethnicitya (%) | |||
 White-British | 16 (100.0) | 14 (87.5) | 16 (94.1) |
 White-Irish | 0 (0.0) | 1 (6.2) | 0 (0.0) |
 White-Other | 0 (0.0) | 1 (6.2) | 1 (5.9) |
One or more fall(s) in previous 6Â months (%) | 8 (50) | 6 (38) | 1 (6) |
Annualisedb fall rate per person at baseline by retrospective recall method (95Â % CIs) | 1.50 [0.78,2.62] | 1.63 [0.87,2.78] | 0.47 [0.13,1.20] |
Mean (SD) number of medications | 3.56 (2.42) | 4.69 (3.00) | 3.35 (2.18) |
Takes psychotropic medication? (yes/no) | 0 | 0 | 3 (18) |
Lives alone | 9 (56) | 7 (44) | 9 (53) |
Does not follow home safety measures at baseline | 7 (44) | 7 (44) | 7 (41) |
Has not attended classes to improve fitness | 11 (69) | 10 (63) | 12 (71) |
Walks outside on own regularly | 9 (56) | 9 (56) | 8 (47) |
Uses walking aid to walk outside on own | 4 (25) | 7 (44) | 8 (47) |
Sight loss registered? (%) | |||
 No | 6 (38) | 7 (44) | 1 (6) |
 Impaired | 4 (24) | 5 (31) | 5 (29) |
 Severe | 6 (38) | 4 (25) | 11 (65) |
Duration of visual impairment in years (%) | |||
 0–6 | 3 (19) | 2 (13) | 2 (12) |
 7–10 | 6 (38) | 6 (38) | 3 (17) |
 11–20 | 2 (13) | 5 (31) | 5 (30) |
 21–59 | 1 (6) | 1 (6) | 2 (12) |
 60–92 | 0 | 1 (6) | 2 (12) |
 Missing | 4 (24) | 1 (6) | 3 (17) |
Baseline vision scores | |||
 Visual acuity | |||
  Mean (SD) logMAR scores | 1.17 (0.31) | 1.05 (0.37) | 1.15 (0.29) |
  Right eye/left eye | 1.07 (0.37) | 1.05 (0.35) | 1.10 (0.33) |
 Visual fields | |||
  Mean (SD) scores | 72.14 (28.11) | 75.90 (22.12) | 64.50 (28.73) |
  Esterman test | n = 7 (44 %) | n = 10 (63 %) | n = 10 (59 %) |
 Contrast sensitivity tests | |||
  Mean (SD) scores | |||
(1) Pelli-Robson | 0.77 (0.38) n = 7 | 0.95 (0.40) n = 10 | 0.75 (0.44) n = 10 |
(2) MARS | 0.95 (0.93) n = 9 | 0.77 (0.30) n = 6 | 0.71 (0.47) n = 7 |
Eye conditions (%) | |||
 Age-related macular degeneration | 8 (50) | 12 (75) | 8 (46) |
 Glaucoma | 3 (19) | 2 (13) | 2 (12) |
 Myopic degeneration | 2 (12) | 0 | 1 (6) |
 Diabetic retinopathy | 0 | 1 (6) | 0 |
 Other | 0 | 0 | 3 (18) |
 Missing | 3 (19) | 1 (6) | 3 (18) |