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Table 4 Health indicators distribution and conditional probabilities per health profile *

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

 

Cog&Physic Impaired

Cognitively Impaired

Physically Impaired

Relatively Healthy

 

T0

T1

T2

T0

T1

T2

T0

T1

T2

T0

T1

T2

Cognition

68.7

58.8

74.2

85.8

71.1

89.2

7.8

2.5

12.1

13.9

6.6

2.4

Depression

            

Moderate

43.5

25.9

28.1

24.7

43.8

18.3

45.3

30.3

26.0

32.2

24.1

26.4

Severe

35.7

45.6

46.8

8.3

12.8

12.9

25.1

38.9

38.2

9.9

9.8

19.3

Hypertension

24.7

25.7

33.0

13.8

17.3

17.5

32.9

34.9

45.6

27.8

26.1

41.1

Circulation

45.9

46.5

48.7

12.7

22.5

25.8

50.8

55.4

60.5

31.4

27.1

38.0

Stroke

37.1

36.6

39.4

11.5

23.4

23.1

21.1

20.4

17.4

11.1

14.4

21.8

Respiratory

26.7

33.2

27.9

9.0

10.9

5.5

35.7

30.4

38.9

19.0

19.1

21.3

Diabetes

20.9

21.4

19.1

15.7

9.3

6.9

20.2

18.0

19.3

18.2

22.1

25.6

Joint & Arthritis

46.4

52.6

47.9

19.2

24.3

33.6

71.9

72.7

79.5

40.1

38.8

58.4

Cancer

14.0

17.0

19.4

11.9

10.2

11.5

20.0

21.5

17.1

20.3

17.7

20.6

Bladder

24.3

24.9

19.3

11.8

1.5

6.4

43.6

50.3

42.6

36.8

28.8

33.2

Gastrointestinal

23.2

23.7

27.1

16.4

7.4

12.6

32.6

32.0

32.9

24.7

25.9

30.2

Sensory

48.4

44.7

56.4

23.2

24.7

21.7

18.7

16.1

15.1

14.0

11.9

15.6

Fx Limits (U)

84.4

95.3

92.9

12.8

22.9

8.0

78.6

86.9

94.2

28.6

20.1

50.3

Fx Limits (L)

98.4

99.1

100

47.3

62.8

58.7

94.3

96.6

92.6

47.4

33.4

59.1

ADL-Mobility

            

None

0.0

0.0

1.6

32.3

17.8

25

11.4

20.5

0.0

77.6

74.3

56.7

1–2 activities

14.7

7.5

8.3

57.2

54.8

59.9

60.5

49.9

49.3

22.4

23.5

41.6

+2 activities

85.3

92.5

90.0

10.4

27.5

15.1

28.1

29.6

50.7

0.0

0.0

1.8

ADL-Personal care

            

None

7.1

11.0

12.0

57.9

56.5

75.1

60.8

79.5

52.2

95.1

96.1

96.2

1–2 activities

21.7

20.4

10.8

31.4

28.4

18.9

33.7

17.7

38.0

4.9

3.9

3.8

+ 2 activities

71.2

68.5

77.2

10.7

15.1

6.0

5.5

2.8

9.8

0.0

0.0

0.0

IADL

0.0

0.0

0.0

4.7

0.0

18.3

27.8

36.3

11.7

84.8

74.7

79.9

0–2 activities

            

3–4 activities

2.6

10.4

1.0

20.0

25.0

9.8

55.0

49.8

53.9

13.8

23.5

18.3

+4 activities

97.4

89.6

99.0

75.4

75.0

72.0

17.2

14.0

34.3

1.4

1.8

1.8

  1. * Entries represent profile-specific probabilities (λ) × 100 of reporting problems for the index health indicator.
  2. ADL refers to difficulty with activities of daily living; IADL refers to difficulty with instrumental activities of daily living; Fx limits U = functional limitations with upper limbs; L = lower limbs The upper and lower limbs distinction was made to capture variability in functional ability.
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