RESEARCH ARTICLE:

~ What are the main findings? Summarize the key points presented
- 130/1003 (13%) experienced ADL disability
- Participation in dancing, was associated with significantly lower incidence for ADL disability
- No significant association between other exercise types with incident ADL disability

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~ How are the main variables measured? What were the scale/surveys used?
- 1003 participants were included in the analysis
- Rate of participants in 16 exercise types were collected
- Evaluation of participants of their dependency (intact, partially or completely dependent) on ADL tasks include
walking, eating, bathing, dressing and toileting
- ADL disability = partial or complete dependence in at least one AFL task
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~ What is the design of the experiment? Refer to TUT1 slides

- Observational study, received statistics from survey completed by participants themselves
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~ Briefly state how the participants were recruited

- 16883 women aged 70-84 years were randomly selected from the basic resident register
- 1930 women participated in the baseline survey
- During the follow-up period, 910 people were lost to follow-up, 3 individuals with ADL disability at the baseline
survey and 14 with missing values in ADL were excluded
- 1003 participants were included in the analysis
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NEWSPAPER ARTICLE:
- Which part of the research article did the reporters get their numbers/figures from? (For main findings only)
- 130/1000 women experienced ADL disability (Table 1)
- Women who frequently danced had a 73% lower chance of becoming disabled (Figure 2)
[(𝟏𝟒. 𝟏 − 𝟑. 𝟕)/𝟏𝟒. 𝟏 = 73.8%]

- Any other relevant info from both sources

- Study did not proved that dancing causes health benefits, only that it is associated with these outcomes