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Table 1 Cohort characteristics

From: Using an accumulation of deficits approach to measure frailty in a population of home care users with intellectual and developmental disabilities: an analytical descriptive study

 

n

%

Sex

 Female

4105

52.2 %

 Male

3758

47.8 %

Rural status (n = 7,834)

 Rural

1337

17.1 %

 Urban

6497

82.9 %

Caregiver inability

 Yes

1006

12.8 %

 No

6857

87.2 %

Caregiver unsatisfied

 Yes

254

3.2 %

 No

7609

96.8 %

Caregiver distress

 Yes

1270

16.2 %

 No

6593

83.8 %

Living situation (n = 7,862)

 Lives alone

1733

22.0 %

 Lives with spouse and/or child(ren)

1337

17.0 %

 Lives with other family

2769

35.2 %

 Lives in group setting

2023

25.7 %

Residential care history (n = 7,862)

 Yes

647

8.2 %

 No

7215

91.8 %

Cognition level (CPS) (n = 7,861)

 Intact (0)

1086

13.8 %

 Borderline intact (1)

1232

15.7 %

 Mild impairment (2)

1416

18.0 %

 Moderate + impairment (3+)

4127

52.5 %

CAP (institutional risk)

 Triggered

965

12.3 %

 Not triggered

6898

87.7 %