Health-Related Quality of Life Improvement in Residential Care Facilities’ Elders through a Physical Activity Program

Table 1

The participants’ characteristics and attendance at individual and group PA.

	Total sample (N = 108)	RCFs with kinesiologist (N = 41)	RCFs without kinesiologist (N = 67)	value
Age (years ± SD)	84.4 ± 7.9	84.0 ± 8.9	84.7 ± 7.3	0.714^a
Women (N)	85.8 ± 7.2 (84)	85 ± 8.5 (32)	86.2 ± 6.3 (52)	0.484^a
Men (N)	79.8 ± 8.6 (24)	80.7 ± 10.0 (9)	79.2 ± 8.0 (15)	0.713^a
Individual PA, N (%)
Yes	52 (48.1%)	36 (87.8%)	16 (23.9%)
No	56 (51.9%)	5 (12.2%)	51 (76.1%)	<0.001^b
Group PA, N (%)
Yes	76 (70.4%)	29 (70.7%)	47 (70.1%)
No	32 (29.6%)	12 (29.3%)	20 (29.9%)	0.949^b

^at-test; ^bchi-square; PA: physical activity.