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The mean score for physical functioning was 3.9 (±2.0), indicating moderate physical function impairment.
Examples of such tailored fall preventive efforts could include: the focus on task-specific training during transfers among frail elderly people, medication review and fall risk education among elderly with a history of falls despite moderate physical function and efforts to enable continued outdoor mobility among less vigorous older people whose falls occur outdoors.
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A 2017 Cochrane review reported that regular moderate exercise improves physical function and decreases pain, fatigue, and stiffness.
Further, although effect sizes for many psychosocial outcomes were generally moderate to large, effect sizes of yoga interventions on physical function and functional well-being were small.
This study tested whether a weight loss program combined with moderate exercise could improve physical function in obese, older adult women.
On the IWQOL-Lite a 5.0 9.9% weight loss was associated with moderate effect sizes on Physical Function, Self-Esteem, and total score (0.57, 0.58, and 0.62, respectively), and a ≥ 10% weight loss was associated with large effect sizes on these domains (0.95, 0.95, and 0.93, respectively).
Meta-analysis of trials of efficacy in people with osteoarthritis show a significant reduction in pain and improved physical function with moderate effect sizes [ 33].
For example, PROMIS Depression scores had small to moderate correlations with measures of physical function (r = −0.31 to 0.11) and pain (SF-36 Bodily Pain: r = −0.31 and WOMAC knee pain: r = 0.19).
These groups were evaluated separately to investigate the effect of high and moderate compliance on physical functions.
The moderate correlations with Physical Functioning, however, indicate that well-being is associated with some aspects of health status.
Myers et al 31 suggest that an ABC score of 90%100%% is expected for a well older person, 50%–80% indicates a moderate level of physical functioning, and under 50% suggests a low level of physical functioning.
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