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Table 1 Characteristics of study sample at T1by age (N = 484)

From: Three-year mortality in previously hospitalized older patients from rural areas - the importance of co-morbidity and self-reported poor health

 

Total

Age

  

65-79 years

≥80 years

 

N (%)

484 (100)

207 (42.76)

277 (57.23)

Socio-demographic

    

 Age

Mean (SD)

80.66 (7.43)

73.64 (4.28)

85.91 (4.29)

 Women

N (%)

243 (50.21)

94 (45.41)

149 (53.79)

 Living alone

N (%)

248 (51.23)

80 (38.64)

168 (60.65)**

 Smoking

N (%)

59 (12.19)

36 (17.39)

23 (8.30)**

Medical information

    

Assisted living before hospitalization

    

 Nursing Home

N (%)

16 (3.31)

2 (0.97)

14 (5.05)**

 Nursing care at home

N (%)

160 (33.06)

41 (19.80)

119 (42.96)

 Domestic assistance at home a

N (%)

58 (11.98)

13 (6.28)

45 (16.25)

 No assistance or care

N (%)

250 (51.65)

151 (72.95)

99 (35.74)

Previous hospitalizations in last 5 years

Mean (SD)

2.16 (2.61)

2.33 (2.92)

2.03 (2.35)

Actual Hospitalization (days)

    

 Duration

Mean (SD)

6.42 (5.21)

5.94 (5.10)

6.74 (5.27)**

 Duration before inclusion

Mean (SD)

4.33 (3.55)

3.82 (2.92)

4.72 (3.92)

Charlson Index

Mean (SD)

2.17 (2.01)

2.26 (2.08)

2.12 (1.96)

Main diagnosis on admittance

    

 Cardiovascular disease

N (%)

137 (28.31)

51 (24.63)

86 (31.05)*

 Pulmonary disease

N (%)

101 (20.86)

55 (26.57)

46 (52.71)

Impairment

    

MMSE

Mean (SD)

23.94 (3.83)

25.27 (3.50)

22.94 (3.77)**

P-ADL

Mean (SD)

9.01 (3.46)

8.13 (3.41)

9.66 (3.42)**

I-ADL

Mean (SD)

9.55 (3.58)

8.54 (3.55)

10.31 (3.42)**

Impaired hearing

N (%)

189 (39.05)

50 (24.15)

138 (49.82)**

Impaired reading vision

N (%)

109 (22.52)

35 (16.91)

74 (26.72)**

Emotional situation

    

Prevalence of depression

    

 HAD-D ≥ 8

N (%)

50 (10.33)

20 (9.66)

30 (10.83)

 HAD-D ≥ 11

N (%)

15 (3.10)

5 (2.42)

10 (3.61)

Prevalence of anxiety

    

 HAD-A ≥ 8

N (%)

45 (9.29)

23 (11.11)

22 (7.94)

 HAD-A ≥ 11

N (%)

21 (4.34)

13 (6.28)

8 (2.89)

Self-reported health

    

Perceived overall health as poor

N (%)

67 (13.84)

34 (16.43)

33 (11.91)

Perceived social function as impaired due to poor health

N (%)

336 (69.42)

137 (66.18)

199 (71.84)

  1. MMSE = Mini Mental State Examination, P-ADL = performance of the personal activities of daily living, IADL = performance of the instrumental activities of daily living, HAD-D = The depression subscale of the Hospital Anxiety and Depression scale, HAD-A = The anxiety subscale of the Hospital Anxiety and Depression scale.
  2. a Assistance with cleaning, preparing food, shopping for groceries, etc.
  3. b Of those who scored ≤ 23 on the MMSE, there were 11 females and 13 males (total 24/484 = 5.0%) who scored <18 on the MMSE.
  4. * p ≤ 0.05, ** p ≤ 0.01.
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