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Table 2 Baseline characteristics for the main cohort and the 6-month follow-up cohort by GAS-improvement status at discharge and 6 months, respectively

From: Treatment in a Geriatric Day Hospital improve individualized outcome measures using Goal Attainment Scaling

Baseline Characteristic mean (SD) unless otherwise indicated

Main cohort

6-months follow up cohort

All

Improvement on GAS at discharge

No improvement on GAS at discharge

All

Improvement on GAS at 6 months

No improvement on GAS at 6 months

N

469

381

63

121

99

19

Age

81.1 (6.7)

81.2 (6.8)

80.7 (6.6)

80.8 (6.7)

80.9 (6.7)

79.8 (7.0)

Sex [female n (%)]

311 (66.3%)

251 (65.9%)

40 (63.5%)

84 (69.4%)

70 (70.7%)

12 (63.2%)

Program length (days)

58.1 (19.0)

59 (17.6)

54.1 (25.2)

60.8 (23.8)

61.5 (25.8)

55.5 (10.8)

MMSE

25.6 (3.8)

25.7 (3.7)

25.4 (3.8)

26.1 (3.3)

26.1 (3.4)

25.5 (2.5)

BBS

37.3 (9.7)

37.7 (9.3)

36.1 (10.9)

38.2 (9.5)

37.8 (9.8)

39.3 (7.9)

POMA

9.6 (3.3)

9.7 (3.3)

9.3 (3.6)

9.9 (3.6)

9.7 (3.3)

10.1 (3.3)

EMS

16.1 (2.9)

16.2 (2.8)

15.9 (3.3)

16.5 (2.8)

16.4 (2.9)

16.5 (2.6)

Lawton Brody

3.7 (2.1)

3.5 (2.0)

4.0 (2.4)

3.0 (1.9)

3.0 (1.9)

3.0 (1.7)

TUG

22.8 (11.9)

22.4 (10.5)

24.7 (18.5)

22.2 (10.5)

22.5 (10.5)

21.4 (10.9)

Frailty Index

0.30 (0.11)

0.29 (0.11)

0.31 (0.12)

0.26 (0.10)

0.26 (0.10)

0.27 (0.11)

GAS, number of goals

1.64 (0.81)

1.67 (0.83)

1.44 (0.76)*

1.52 (0.76)

1.55 (0.80)

1.37 (0.60)

  1. *Significantly different than those who improved at discharge (p = 0.04)
  2. BBS BERG Balance Scale; EMS Elderly Mobility Scale; GAS Goal Attainment Scaling; MMSE, Mini-Mental State Examination; POMA, Performance Oriented Mobility Assessment; TUG Timed Up and Go