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Table 1 Patients' characteristics

From: The spiritual distress assessment tool: an instrument to assess spiritual distress in hospitalised elderly persons

Characteristics

Population (N = 69)

Age (years)

82.5 ± 8.3

Women (%)

78.3

Living alone (%)

62.5

Cognitive impairment* (%)

30.4

Depressive symptoms †

12.1

Basic ADL at admission ¥

2.5 ± 1.6

  1. * defined as a score < 24 at the Mini Mental State Examination (score ranging from 0 to 30, with higher scores indicating better cognition)
  2. † defined as a score ≥ 6 at the 15-item Geriatric Depression Scale (score ranging from 0 to 15, with higher scores indicating more depressive symptoms)
  3. ¥ Katz's basic Activities of Daily Living (score ranging from 0 to 6, with higher score indicating better function)
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BMC Geriatrics

ISSN: 1471-2318

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