From: Sedative load of medications prescribed for older people with dementia in care homes
Parameter | Care home at each time point | Â | Â | |||||||||||||||
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 | BL | TP2 | TP3 | BL | TP2 | TP3 | BL | TP2 | TP3 | BL | TP2 | TP3 | BL | TP2 | TP3 | BL | TP2 | TP3 |
Number of residents (n) | 20 | 20 | 19 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 22 | 22 | 21 | 30 | 27 | 25 | 12 | 12 | 10 |
Gender | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | |
Female [no.(%)] | 18 (90.0) | 18 (90.0) | 17 (89.5) | 14 (82.4) | 14 (82.4) | 13 (81.3) | 12 (85.7) | 12 (85.7) | 12 (85.7) | 20 (90.9) | 20 (90.9) | 20 (95.2) | 19 (63.3) | 17 (63.0) | 18 (72.0) | 8 (66.7) | 8 (66.7) | 7 (70.0) |
Male [no.(%)] | 2 (10.0) | 2 (10.0) | 2 (10.5) | 3 (17.6) | 3 (17.7) | 3 (18.7) | 2 (14.3) | 2 (14.3) | 2 (14.3) | 2 (9.1) | 2 (9.1) | 1 (4.8) | 11 (36.7) | 10 (37.0) | 7 (28.0) | 4 (33.3) | 4 (33.3) | 3 (30.0) |
Age | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Mean | 87.4 | 87.7 | 88.4 | 87.3 | 88.6 | 87.9 | 89.0 | 89.9 | 90.4 | 84.6 | 85.7 | 85.9 | 83.5 | 83.9 | 83.2 | 83.7 | 84.0 | 84.9 |
Standard deviation | 6.16 | 6.14 | 6.25 | 7.56 | 8.81 | 7.75 | 5.87 | 5.70 | 5.62 | 6.63 | 5.87 | 5.97 | 6.63 | 6.88 | 6.21 | 8.28 | 8.28 | 8.53 |