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Table 2 Positive BRIGHT screen participants baseline characteristics: Intervention group

From: The effect of a gerontology nurse specialist for high needs older people in the community on healthcare utilisation: a controlled before-after study

 

Positive BRIGHT

(n = 101)

GNS assesseda

(n = 65)

Not GNS assessed

(n = 48)

Age, mean (SD)

82.9 (4.9)

81.2 (5.7)

83.5 (5.2)

Gender, n (%)

 Female

69 (68.3%)

41 (63.1%)

34 (70.8%)

 Male

32 (31.7%)

24 (36.9%)

14 (29.2%)

Ethnicity, n (%)

 European

97 (96.0%)

63 (96.9%)

45 (93.8%)

 Maori

1 (1.0%)

–

1 (2.1%)

 Othera

3 (3.0%)

2 (3.1%)

2 (4.2%)

 Pacific Island

–

–

–

 Asian

–

–

–

  1. aOther: not specified, don’t know