Table 2 Patient characteristics
Variable (Deficit score) | Frequency (%) |
|---|---|
Cognitive skills for daily decision making | |
0 | 3631 (65.0) |
0.5 | 1536 (27.5) |
1 | 419 (7.5) |
Short Term memory | |
0 | 3241 (58.0) |
1 | 2345 (42.0) |
Procedural memory | |
0 | 4541 (81.3) |
1 | 1045 (18.7) |
Worsening of decision making | |
0 | 4530 (81.1) |
1 | 1056 (18.9) |
Agitated or disoriented | |
0 | 5262 (94.2) |
1 | 324 (5.8) |
Sudden or new onset/change in mental function | |
0 | 5448 (97.5) |
1 | 138 (2.5) |
Making self understood | |
0 | 4482 (80.2) |
0.5 | 987 (17.7) |
1 | 117 (2.1) |
Ability to understand others | |
0 | 4272 (76.5) |
0.5 | 1169 (20.9) |
1 | 145 (2.6) |
Hearing | |
0 | 2812 (50.3) |
0.5 | 2676 (47.9) |
1 | 98 (1.8) |
Vision | |
0 | 4047 (72.4) |
0.5 | 953 (17.1) |
1 | 586 (10.5) |
Withdrawal from activities of interest | |
0 | 4849 (86.8) |
0.5 | 275 (4.9) |
1 | 462 (8.3) |
Repetitive anxious complaints, concerns | |
0 | 4783 (85.6) |
0.5 | 384 (6.9) |
1 | 419 (7.5) |
Sad, depressed | |
0 | 4351 (77.9) |
0.5 | 691 (12.4) |
1 | 544 (9.7) |
Behaviour Symptoms | |
0 | 5280 (94.5) |
1 | 203 (3.6) |
2 | 72 (1.3) |
3 | 31 (0.6) |
Changes in behaviour symptoms | |
0 | 5320 (95.2) |
1 | 266 (4.8) |
Changes in social functioning | |
0 | 3116 (55.8) |
0.5 | 1688 (30.2) |
1 | 782 (14.0) |
Bathing | |
0 | 2530 (45.3) |
0.5 | 1733 (31.0) |
1 | 1323 (23.7) |
Personal hygiene | |
0 | 4411 (79.0) |
0.5 | 340 (6.1) |
1 | 835 (14.9) |
Dressing upper body | |
0 | 3922 (70.2) |
0.5 | 1095 (19.6) |
1 | 569 (10.2) |
Dressing lower body | |
0 | 3621 (64.8) |
0.5 | 1209 (21.6) |
1 | 756 (13.5) |
Indoor mobility | |
0 | 3362 (60.2) |
0.5 | 2077 (37.2) |
1 | 147 (2.6) |
Outdoor mobility | |
0 | 2565 (45.9) |
0.5 | 2282 (40.9) |
1 | 739 (13.2) |
Transfer | |
0 | 4848 (86.8) |
0.5 | 519 (9.3) |
1 | 219 (3.9) |
Toilet use | |
0 | 4749 (85.0) |
0.5 | 173 (3.1) |
1 | 664 (11.9) |
Bed mobility | |
0 | 5078 (90.9) |
0.5 | 96 (1.7) |
1 | 412 (7.4) |
Eating | |
0 | 5186 (92.8) |
0.5 | 188 (3.4) |
1 | 212 (3.8) |
Mobility in home | |
0 | 4835 (86.6) |
0.5 | 339 (6.1) |
1 | 412 (7.4) |
Mode of locomotion | |
0 | 3777 (67.6) |
0.5 | 727 (13.0) |
1 | 1082 (19.4) |
Activities of daily living (ADL) decline | |
0 | 2716 (48.6) |
1 | 2870 (51.4) |
Bladder continence | |
0 | 3581 (64.1) |
0.5 | 1165 (20.9) |
1 | 840 (15.0) |
Bowel continence | |
0 | 4817 (86.2) |
0.5 | 555 (9.9) |
1 | 214 (3.8) |
Disease diagnoses | |
0 | 140 (2.5) |
1 | 603 (10.8) |
2 | 1081 (19.4) |
3 | 1335 (23.9) |
4 | 1070 (19.2) |
5 | 666 (11.9) |
6 | 365 (6.5) |
7 | 201 (3.6) |
8 | 77 (1.4) |
9 | 32 (0.6) |
10 | 9 (0.2) |
11 | 7 (0.1) |
Falls | |
0 | 3297 (59.0) |
1 | 2058 (36.8) |
2 | 127 (2.3) |
3 | 104 (1.9) |
Unsteady gait | |
0 | 2049 (36.7) |
1 | 3537 (63.3) |
Pain frequency | |
0 | 1855 (33.2) |
0.5 | 717 (12.8) |
1 | 3014 (54.0) |
Pain intensity | |
0 | 1875 (33.6) |
0.5 | 970 (17.4) |
1 | 2741 (49.1) |
Character of pain | |
0 | 1910 (34.2) |
0.5 | 1896 (33.9) |
1 | 1780 (31.9) |
Morbid obesity | |
0 | 5477 (98.0) |
1 | 109 (2.0) |
Weight loss | |
0 | 4683 (83.8) |
1 | 903 (16.2) |
Swallowing | |
0 | 5057 (90.5) |
0.5 | 514 (9.2) |
1 | 15 (0.3) |
Pressure ulcer | |
0 | 5387 (96.4) |
1 | 199 (3.6) |
Medications | |
0 | 115 (2.1) |
1 | 1057 (18.9) |
2 | 2269 (40.6) |
3 | 2145 (38.4) |
Congestive Heart Failure | |
Not present | 4352 (77.9) |
Present | 157 (2.8) |
Present and treated | 1077 (19.3) |
Coronary Artery Disease | |
Not present | 4227 (75.7) |
Present | 223 (4.0) |
Present and treated | 1136 (20.3) |
Hypertension | |
Not present | 2775 (49.7) |
Present | 351 (6.3) |
Present and treated | 2460 (44.0) |
Alzheimer’s | |
Not present | 5375 (96.2) |
Present | 57 (1.0) |
Present and treated | 154 (2.8) |
Dementia other than Alzheimer’s | |
Not present | 5279 (94.5) |
Present | 98 (1.8) |
Present and treated | 209 (3.7) |
Parkinsonism | |
Not present | 5328 (95.4) |
Present | 33 (0.6) |
Present and treated | 225 (4.0) |
Arthritis | |
Not present | 3243 (58.1) |
Present | 533 (9.5) |
Present and treated | 1810 (32.4) |
Osteoporosis | |
Not present | 4427 (79.3) |
Present | 212 (3.8) |
Present and treated | 947 (17.0) |
Any psychiatric diagnosis | |
Not present | 4726 (84.6) |
Present | 160 (2.9) |
Present and treated | 700 (12.5) |
Urinary Tract Infection | |
Not present | 5232 (93.7) |
Present | 47 (0.8) |
Present and treated | 307 (5.5) |
Cancer | |
Not present | 4792 (85.8) |
Present | 116 (2.1) |
Present and treated | 678 (12.1) |
Diabetes | |
Not present | 4643 (83.1) |
Present | 166 (3.0) |
Present and treated | 777 (13.9) |
Emphysema/COPD/Asthma | |
Not present | 4431 (79.3) |
Present | 173 (3.1) |
Present and treated | 982 (17.6) |