Home and Community Environmental Features, Activity Performance, and Community Participation among Older Adults with Functional Limitations

Table 5

Correlations between environmental features and (1) activity independence-dependence and (2) activity ease-difficulty.

	Mobility limitation
Features	Independence-dependence	Ease-difficulty
Circulation
	Getting in/out of the house	Getting in/out of the house
Walkway	.254*	N.S.
Steps	N.S.	N.S.
	Going up/down stairs	Going up/down stairs
Steps	.520^‡	.303*
	Moving around the house	Moving around the house
Doorway	.434^‡	N.S.
Home space	.377^†	.364^†
Pathways	N.S.	.276*
Door	N.S.	.297*
Bathroom
	Getting on/off toilet	Getting on/off toilet
Toilet space	N.S.	N.S.
Toilet	.327^†	.268*
	Getting in/out bathtub	Getting in/out bathtub
Tub/shower space	N.S.	N.S.
Tub/shower	N.S.	.257*
Kitchen
	Using kitchen appliances	Using kitchen appliances
Space	.461^‡	.391^†
Appliances	.467^‡	.443^‡
	Getting items in/out of upper cabinets	Getting items in/out of upper cabinets
Cabinets	.268*	.269*
	Getting items in/out of lower drawers	Getting items in/out of lower drawers
Cabinets	.464^‡	.627^‡
Bedroom
	Getting on/off a bed	Getting on/off a bed
Space	N.S.	.468^‡
Bed	N.S.	.393^†
	Getting items in/out of a closet	Getting items in/out of a closet
Closet	.503^‡	.570^‡

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