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Table 1 Study 1 baseline details by group

From: An evaluation of the psychometric properties of the Indicator of Relative Need (IoRN) instrument

 

Group A (n = 41)

Group B (n = 27)

Group C (n = 22)

All (n = 90)

Mean age (SD)

79.4 (12.1)

74.0 (13.8)

80.2 (7.9)

77.9 (12.0)

Female sex (%)

33 (80)

20 (74)

14 (64)

67 (74)

Mean no. of medications (SD)

7.1 (4.4)

7.2 (4.1)

7.2 (2.9)

7.1 (4.0)

Use of medication dispensing aid (%)

8 (20)

7 (26)

5 (23)

20 (22)

Meals on wheels (%)

4 (10)

4 (15)

4 (18)

12 (13)

District nurse assistance (%)

4 (10)

5 (19)

5 (23)

14 (16)

Lives alone (%)

30 (73)

18 (67)

12 (55)

60 (67)

Informal carer (%)

35 (85)

25 (93)

22 (100)

82 (91)

Package of care planned (%)

21 (51)

13 (48)

22 (100)

56 (62)

Mean Barthel score (SD)

15.0 (3.3)

15.3 (5.0)

13.7 (4.5)

14.8 (4.2)

Mean NEADL score (SD)

33 (13)

34 (13)

39 (12)

35 (13)

Mean TDS score (SD)

13.0 (2.9)

12.3 (4.0)

13.9 (3.5)

13.0 (3.4)

IoRN ADL score (SD)

3.6 (0.9)

3.9 (2.5)

4.6 (1.6)

3.9 (1.7)

IoRN personal care score (SD)

18.4 (6.7)

17.2 (8.4)

22.9 (7.1)

19.1 (7.6)

IoRN mental health score) (SD)

6 (−) a

6 (−) a

6.0 (0.2)

6.0 (0.1)

IoRN high bowel care (%)

4 (10)

1 (4)

5 (23)

10 (11)

  1. aall scores identical therefore SD not computable. All IoRN scores from researcher completed tools