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Table 2 Health indicator proportions (%) at baseline, 12 months and 22 months*

From: Health status transitions in community-living elderly with complex care needs: a latent class approach

  

T0

(n = 1164)

T1

(n = 797)

T2

(n = 475)

Cognitive problems

Yes

28.6 (31.4)

24.1 (25.8)

33.3 (35.9)

 

Missing

8.9 (-)

6.6 (-)

7.4 (-)

Depression

Moderate

29.1 (38.1)

21.0 (28.5)

17.7 (25.8)

 

Severe

15.0 (19.7)

20.2 (27.5)

20.4 (29.8)

 

Missing

23.6 (-) §

26.6 (-)

31.6 (-)

High blood pressure

Yes

27.0

27.6

37.9

 

Missing

0.9

0.5

0.8

Circulatory problems

Yes

39.3

40.5

44.0

 

Missing

0.9

0.9

1.1

Stroke

Yes

20.6

23.2

25.5

 

Missing

0.7

0.8

0.4

Diabetes

Yes

19.0

18.7

20.0

 

Missing

0.9

0.9

-

Respiratory problems

Yes

25.3

25.5

26.1

 

Missing

0.6

0.1

0.6

Joint & Arthritis

Yes

50.0

51.6

56.8

 

Missing

0.9

0.5

0.6

Tumor or Cancer

Yes

17.4

17.8

18.1

 

Missing

0.8

0.5

0.2

Bladder problems

Yes

31.1 (34.1)

29.1 (32.1)

25.7 (28.7)

 

Missing

8.8 (-)

9.4 (-)

10.5 (-)

Stomach problems

Yes

26.1

24.8

27.6

 

Missing

0.5

0.6

0.2

Sensory problems

Yes

24.4

23.5

28.4

 

Missing

0.4

0.4

1.1

Functional limits (U)

Yes

56.7

75.3

78.9

 

Missing

0.6

0.1

1.3

Functional limits (L)

Yes

75.0

62.1

67.6

 

Missing

0.9

0.1

1.3

ADL-Mobility Disability

None

31.0

29.7

22.5

 

1–2 activities

38.4

32.7

35.6

 

+ 2 activities

30.6

37.5

41.5

 

Missing

-

-

0.4

ADL-Personal Care Disability

None

58.4

63.2

57.7

 

1–2 activities

22.2

16.1

16.0

 

+ 2 activities

19.4

20.7

25.9

 

Missing

-

-

0.4

IADL Disability

0–2 activities

35.6

32.7

31.2

 

3–4 activities

26.6

29.0

21.5

 

+4 activities

37.8

38.0

46.7

 

Missing

-

-

0.6

  1. * Entries in parentheses are the proportions generated by Mplus under the MAR hypothesis; proportions for other health indicators are not affected by missing values.
  2. § Of these 23.6% (n = 274) missing GDS scores, 14% (n = 163) are missing by design for severely cognitively impaired individuals. Real missing scores represent 8.7% only. At T1 and T2, 18.4% (n = 147) and 13.1% (n = 62) respectively are missing by design.
  3. ADL = Activity of daily living; IADL = Instrumental activity of daily living; U = upper limbs; L = lower limbs The upper and lower limbs distinction was made to capture variability in functional ability.