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Table 2 Score of the items in the ADL difficulty questionnaire

From: Comparison of difficulty with activities of daily living in elderly adults undergoing hemodialysis and community-dwelling individuals: a cross-sectional study

 

Hemodialysis group

(n = 136)

Control group

(n = 40)

P value

a: U/L ADL difficulty

 Light work

  U-1 Gardening or doing yard work

4 (3, 5)

5 (4, 5)

0.003

  U-2 Carrying a heavy object (over 5 kg)

4 (3, 5)

4.5 (3, 5)

0.06

  U-3 Making a bed

4 (3, 5)

5 (5, 5)

< 0.001

  U-4 Doing heavy household chores

4 (3, 5)

5 (3.25, 5)

0.001

  U-5 Changing a lightbulb overhead

4 (3, 5)

5 (4, 5)

< 0.001

  U-6 Pushing and opening a heavy door

4 (3, 5)

5 (4, 5)

0.003

 Holding activities

  U-7 Unscrewing a PET bottle cap

4 (3, 5)

5 (4, 5)

< 0.001

  U-8 Opening a pull-tab can

4 (3, 5)

5 (4, 5)

< 0.001

  U-9 Opening a new milk carton

4 (3, 5)

5 (5, 5)

< 0.001

  U-10 Using a frying pan with one hand

4 (3, 5)

5 (4, 5)

< 0.001

  U-11 Opening a jar that has a tight lid

3 (2, 4)

4 (4, 5)

< 0.001

b: L/L ADL difficulty

 Basic ADL

  L-1 Rising from a chair

4 (3, 5)

5 (5, 5)

< 0.001

  L-2 Rising from the floor

3 (3, 4)

4 (4, 5)

< 0.001

  L-3 Sitting on the floor

3.5 (3, 5)

5 (4, 5)

< 0.001

 Ambulation

  L-4 Walking 100 m

4 (3, 5)

5 (4, 5)

< 0.001

  L-5 Walking 300 m

4 (2.25, 5)

5 (4, 5)

< 0.001

  L-6 Walking 600 m

3 (2, 5)

5 (4, 5)

< 0.001

  L-7 Walking 1 km

3 (1, 4.75)

5 (4, 5)

< 0.001

  L-8 Walking 20 m quickly

4 (3, 5)

5 (4, 5)

< 0.001

 Walking up or down stairs

  L-9 Walking up one flight of stairs

3 (3, 4)

5 (4, 5)

< 0.001

  L-10 Walking up two flights of stairs

3 (2, 4)

4 (4, 5)

< 0.001

  L-11 Walking down one flight of stairs

4 (3, 5)

5 (4, 5)

< 0.001

  L-12 Walking down two flights of stairs

3 (2, 4)

5 (4, 5)

< 0.001

  1. Values are presented as median (interquartile range)
  2. ADL: activities of daily living, L/L: lower limb, U/L: upper limb