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

Table 6

Correlations between environmental features and community participation and odds ratio results.

	Mobility limitation
Features	Going into community ≤ or > once per month
	r	OR
Circulation
Walkway	.314*	N.S.
Steps	N.S.	N.S.
Doorway	N.S.	N.S.
Home space	.284*	N.S.
Pathways	N.S.	N.S.
Door	N.S.	N.S.
Bathroom
Toilet space	.402^†	46.7
Toilet	.357^†	25.0
Tub/shower space	.376^†	29.0
Tub/shower	.289*	8.0
Sink	N.S.	N.S.
Kitchen
Space	.301*	N.S.
Appliances	.278*	N.S.
Cabinets	.252*	N.S.
Bedroom
Space	.355^†	N.S.
Bed	.254*	N.S.
Closet	N.S.	N.S.
Community
Stores	.286*	N.S.
Streets	N.S.	N.S.
Sidewalks	.268*	17.8
Visual appeal	.297*	N.S.
Public transit	N.S.	N.S.
Dest. physical	.276*	N.S.
Dest. social	.431^‡	21.3

* 𝑃<.05; ^†𝑃<.01; ^‡𝑃<.001 (Spearman’s rho).