Table 1 Characteristics of service users by sustained or improved vs. deteriorated groups (n = 624)
From: Relationship between home care service use and changes in the care needs level of Japanese elderly
Lower care needs level | Change in care needs level | Â | Â | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Â | Sustained or Improved (SI group) | Deteriorated (D group) | Â | Â |
Variable | n = 405 | n = 87 | Â | Â |
|  | Mean ± SD | Mean ± SD | t-value | p-value |
Age††| 80.3 ± 8.5 | 83.7 ± 7.7 | 3.50 | < 0.001* |
|  | n (%) | n (%) | χ2 | p-value |
Gender†|  |  |  |  |
   Male | 127 (31) | 25 (29) |  |  |
   Female | 278 (69) | 62 (71) | 0.23 | 0.631 |
Baseline care needs level†††|  |  |  |  |
   0 | 100 (25) | 21 (24) |  |  |
   1 | 226 (56) | 44 (51) |  |  |
   2 | 79 (20) | 22 (25) |  | 0.436 |
Higher care needs level | Change in care needs level | Â | Â | |
| Â | Sustained or Improved (SI group) | Deteriorated (D group) | Â | Â |
Variables | n = 116 | n = 16 | Â | Â |
|  | Mean ± SD | Mean ± SD | t-value | p-value |
Age††| 83.2 ± 10.6 | 83.5 ± 11.0 | 0.10 | 0.922 |
|  | n (%) | n (%) | χ2 | p-value |
Gender†|  |  |  |  |
   Male | 34 (29) | 5 (31) |  |  |
   Female | 82 (71) | 11 (69) | 0.03 | 0.870 |
Baseline care needs level†††|  |  |  |  |
   3 | 56 (48) | 10 (63) |  |  |
   4 | 35 (30) | 6 (38) |  |  |
   5 | 25 (22) | 0 (0) |  | 0.118 |