Participation in activities of daily living, comparing self-identified indigenous to non-indigenous participants. Reported as mean (SD) unless indicated.
| Inception | Final Visit | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indigenous, n = 90 | Non-indigenous, n = 1400 | p | Indigenous, n = 79 | Non-indigenous, n = 1288 | p | |
| Participation in normal activities (in past month) | ||||||
| Unable, % | 70.9 | 66.2 | 0.41 | 50.0 | 36.9 | 0.03 |
| No. days | 8.0 (9.9) | 6.0 (28.2) | < 0.001 | 4.0 (7.0) | 3.1 (7.1) | 0.01 |
| No. hours/day | 4.8 (8.2) | 3.8 (27.4) | 0.01 | 3.5 (6.4) | 2.2 (5.6) | 0.01 |
| Assistance required for normal activities (in past month) | ||||||
| Required help, % | 61.2 | 52.5 | 0.14 | 33.8 | 28.5 | 0.36 |
| No. days | 6.6 (9.7) | 5.2 (28.2) | < 0.01 | 3.6 (7.6) | 2.6 (6.9) | 0.09 |
| No. hours/day | 3.2 (5.6) | 2.5 (27.2) | < 0.01 | 1.1 (2.7) | 1.0 (3.1) | 0.29 |