Table 1 Description of the population
From: Impaired chair-to-bed transfer ability leads to longer hospital stays among elderly patients
Variable | |
|---|---|
Age, mean (SD) | 75.1 (9.6) |
Sex (% female) | 44.70 |
Education (%) | |
Elementary school | 11.90 |
High School | 27.30 |
University | 60.80 |
Number of diagnosis, mean (SD) | 3 (1.4) |
Number of drugs, median (IQR) | 5 (0;26) |
Hospital admissions past 6 months, median (IQR) | 0 (0;7) |
Diabetes (%) | 29.10 |
Cancer (%) | 23.10 |
Coronary heart disease (%) | 10.90 |
Heart failure (%) | 9.20 |
Stroke (%) | 7.1 |
Dementia (%) | 6.90 |
Liver disease (%) | 3.80 |
Chronic Obstrutive pulmonary disease (%) | 3.30 |
Renal failure (%) | 2.90 |
Living alone | 17.80 |
Functional status (Barthel index %) | |
Independent | 47 |
Mild dependency | 16 |
Moderate dependency | 20 |
Severe dependency | 9 |
Total dependency | 8 |
Cognitive status (SPMQS %) | |
Normal | 76.0 |
Mild cognitive deficit | 5.6 |
Moderate cognitive deficit | 2.7 |
Severe cognitive deficit | 0.6 |
Not able to answer | 15.1 |