From: Physical diagnoses in nursing home residents - is dementia or severity of dementia of importance?
Total | CDR < 1 | CDR ≥ 1 | P-value3 | ||
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N (%) | 2983 (100) | 513 (17.2) | 2470 (82.8) | ||
Sociodemographics | |||||
Age | Mean (SD) | 85.1 (7.9) | 84.3 (9.2) | 85.3 (7.6) | 0.0191 |
Females | N (%) | 2132 (71.5) | 352 (68.6) | 1780 (72.1) | 0.1371 |
Education < 10 years | N (%) | 2227 (79.7) | 376 (78.7) | 1851 (80.0) | 0.1732 |
Married | N (%) | 630 (21.1) | 86 (16.9) | 544 (22.2) | 0.0182 |
Health condition | |||||
GMHR | < 0.0012 | ||||
Good | N (%) | 474 (16.1) | 101 (20.1) | 373 (15.3) | |
Fairly good | N (%) | 1097 (37.3) | 220 (43.7) | 877 (36.0) | |
Poor | N (%) | 1033 (35.1) | 142 (28.2) | 891 (36.6) | |
Very poor | N (%) | 335 (11.4) | 40 (8.0) | 295 (12.1) | |
PSMS score | Mean (SD) | 18.0 (5.4) | 14.9 (5.0) | 18.6 (5.2) | < 0.0011 |
NPI Agitation subsyndrome | Mean (SD) | 6.0 (8.2) | 2.3 (5.1) | 6.7 (8.5) | < 0.0011 |
NPI Psychosis subsyndrome | Mean (SD) | 2.7 (5.1) | 0.9 (3.2) | 3.1 (5.3) | < 0.0011 |
NPI Affective subsyndrome | Mean (SD) | 3.5 (5.2) | 2.4 (4.3) | 3.7 (5.3) | < 0.0011 |
NPI Apathy | Mean (SD) | 2.0 (3.5) | 0.8 (2.3) | 2.3 (3.7) | < 0.0011 |
Number of drugs | Mean (SD) | 6.6 (3.2) | 7.7 (3.6) | 6.4 (3.1) | < 0.0011 |
Days in NH4 | Mean (SD) | 931.0 (997.9) | 882.5 (1162.8) | 941.1 (960.0) | < 0.0011 |