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Table 2 Service use and change in care needs levels in the lower care needs level subgroup (n = 492)

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)

 

< 0.001*

1

170 (42)

19 (22)

  

2

146 (36)

29 (33)

  

3

68 (17)

18 (21)

  

4

11 (3)

14 (16)

  

5

5 (1)

2 (2)

  

6

1 (0)

1 (1)

  

Mean (SD)

1.83 (0.93)

2.33 (1.25)

  
  1. * p < 0.05
  2. † χ2test
  3. †† Fisher's exact test
  4. ††† Wilcoxon rank-sum test