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Table 2 Characteristics of long-term care homes (LTCHs) in sample

From: Disability in long-term care residents explained by prevalent geriatric syndromes, not long-term care home characteristics: a cross-sectional study

Characteristic

N

%

Grand Mean (SD) of homes’ ADL LFS means

Full Sample

614

100

15.7 (2.0)

LTCH Size (# beds)

 Small (≤64)

128

20.8

15.4 (2.3)

 Medium (65–128)

248

40.4

15.5 (2.2)

 Large (129–192)

154

25.1

15.7 (2.2)

 Extra-large (≥193)

84

13.7

16.0 (2.0)

Ownership status

 Not-for-profit

228

37.1

15.5 (2.2)*

 For-profit

378

61.6

15.8 (2.1)*

 Missing data

8

1.3

12.1 (2.4)*

Location

 Rural

136

22.2

14.8 (2.1)*

 Sub-urban (census agglomerations)

97

15.8

14.9 (1.92)*

 Urban (census metropolitan areas)

381

62.1

16.0 (2.1)*

Receipt of Rehabilitation Services

 Lowest quartile (Received by ≤74.5% of residents in home)

153

24.9

15.3 (2.2)*

 2nd quartile (Received by >74.5% and ≤86.4% of residents in home)

154

25.1

15.3 (2.3)*

 3rd quartile (Received by >86.4, and ≤94.1% of residents in home)

154

25.1

15.9 (2.2)*

 Highest quartile (Received by >94.7% of residents in home)

153

24.9

15.8 (2.0)*

Restraint use

 Lowest quartile (Homes in which ≤6.0% residents restrained)

153

24.9

15.3 (2.6)*

 2nd quartile (Homes in which >6.0% and ≤13.4% residents restrained)

154

25.1

15.2 (2.0)*

 3rd quartile (Homes in which >13.4% and ≤20.6% residents restrained)

153

24.9

15.5 (2.1)*

 Highest quartile (Homes in which ≥20.6% residents restrained)

154

25.1

16.4 (1.8)*

Median ADL of residents in each home§

 Lowest quartile (Homes whose residents’ median ADL LFS ≤15)

176

28.7

13.2 (1.3)*

 2nd quartile (Homes whose residents median ADL LFS >15, ≤ 17)

180

29.3

15.3 (0.9)*

 3rd quartile (Homes whose residents median ADL LFS >17, < 19)

103

16.8

16.2 (0.9)*

 Highest quartile (Homes whose residents ADL LFS ≥19)

155

25.2

18.2 (1.3)*

  1. *Significant (p <0.05) difference between levels of categorical variable according to ANOVA
  2. §The 614 LTCHs in the sample did not divide into quartiles of even size because of the small range of values for this variable and large number of homes with identical values