From: Relationship between home care service use and changes in the care needs level of Japanese elderly
 | Change in care needs level |  |  | |
---|---|---|---|---|
 | Sustained or Improved (SI group) n = 405 | Deteriorated (D group) n = 87 |  |  |
Service use | n (%) | n (%) | χ2 | p-value |
Home help†| 128 (32) | 30 (34) | 0.27 | 0.602 |
Home bath service††| 5 (1) | 1 (1) |  | 0.948 |
Visiting nurse†| 27 (7) | 9 (10) | 1.43 | 0.232 |
Home rehabilitation††| 5 (1) | 1 (1) |  | 0.948 |
Nursing home daycare†| 273 (67) | 69 (79) | 4.79 | 0.029* |
Health daycare†| 72 (18) | 11 (13) | 1.35 | 0.246 |
Loan of devices†| 129 (32) | 30 (34) | 0.23 | 0.634 |
Respite stay in a nursing home†| 79 (20) | 42 (48) | 31.96 | < 0.001* |
Respite stay in health care facilities††| 17 (4) | 5 (6) |  | 0.526 |
Respite stay in sanatorium-type medical care facilities††| 0 (0) | 2 (2) |  | 0.031* |
Medical management by a physician††| 6 (1) | 3 (3) |  | 0.201 |
Number of kinds of care services used†††|  |  |  |  |
0 | 4 (1) | 4 (5) | Â | < 0.001* |
1 | 170 (42) | 19 (22) | Â | Â |
2 | 146 (36) | 29 (33) | Â | Â |
3 | 68 (17) | 18 (21) | Â | Â |
4 | 11 (3) | 14 (16) | Â | Â |
5 | 5 (1) | 2 (2) | Â | Â |
6 | 1 (0) | 1 (1) | Â | Â |
Mean (SD) | 1.83 (0.93) | 2.33 (1.25) | Â | Â |