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Table 1 Baseline Characteristics by Incidence of Hip Fracture

From: Incidence of hip fracture among long-term care insurance beneficiaries with dementia: comparison of home care and institutional care services

Variable

N

Col %a

No Hip Fracture

Hip Fracture

P-value

N

Row %b

N

Row %b

Total

7112

100.0

6997

98.4

115

1.6

Type of care

 Institutional care

2802

39.4

2712

96.8

90

3.2

<.0001

 Home care

4310

60.6

4285

99.4

25

0.6

 

Age

 60–74

1131

15.9

1117

98.8

14

1.2

0.380

 75–80

1795

25.2

1769

98.6

26

1.5

 

 81–85

1810

25.5

1782

98.5

28

1.6

 

 86–90

1454

20.4

1428

98.2

26

1.8

 

 91≤

922

13.0

901

97.7

21

2.3

 

Sex

 Male

1963

27.6

1951

99.4

12

0.6

<.0001

 Female

5149

72.4

5046

98.0

103

2.0

 

Region

 Urban

2835

39.9

2791

98.5

44

1.6

0.724

 Rural

4277

60.1

4206

98.3

71

1.7

 

Income level

 Low

2565

36.1

2515

98.1

50

2.0

0.170

 Middle

1173

16.5

1153

98.3

20

1.7

 

 High

3374

47.4

3329

98.7

45

1.3

 

Primary Caregiver

 Spouse

1277

18.0

1271

99.5

6

0.5

<.0001

 Children

3285

46.2

3243

98.7

42

1.3

 

 Care assistant

2341

32.9

2280

97.4

61

2.6

 

 None

209

2.9

203

97.1

6

2.9

 

Cohabitant

 Living alone

360

5.1

358

99.4

2

0.6

<.0001

 Spouse (one generation family)

1096

15.4

1088

99.3

8

0.7

 

 Family members (two generation family)

3127

44.0

3083

98.6

44

1.4

 

 Caregivers from Long term care facilities

1593

22.4

1548

97.2

45

2.8

 

 Others

936

13.2

920

98.3

16

1.7

 

Having danger of fracture based on the mandatory assessment for long term care benefitc

 Yes

5457

76.7

5379

98.6

78

1.4

0.023

 No

1655

23.3

1618

97.8

37

2.2

 

LTCI benefit coverage level

 1

183

2.6

179

97.8

4

2.2

0.537

 2

6929

97.4

6818

98.4

111

1.6

 

Charlson Comorbidity Index (CCI)

 0

1655

23.3

1630

98.5

25

1.5

0.738

 1

2167

30.5

2136

98.6

31

1.4

 

 2

1540

21.7

1513

98.3

27

1.8

 

 3+

1750

24.6

1718

98.2

32

1.8

 

LTC approval score (LTCAS, mean ± SD)

  

81.5 ± 8.1

83.8 ± 13.0

 

ADL (mean ± SD)

  

32.3 ± 4.1

33.6 ± 5.2

 

Cognitive function score (mean ± SD)

  

7.0 ± 2.1

7.0 ± 1.9

 

Behavioral symptoms score (mean ± SD)

  

3.6 ± 3.2

3.3 ± 3.1

 

Ambulatory status

 Ambulatory

1243

17.5

1225

98.6

18

1.5

0.003

 Partially ambulatory

2800

39.4

2770

98.9

30

1.1

 

 Not ambulatory

3069

43.2

3002

97.8

67

2.2

 

Ownership type

 Local government

277

3.9

269

97.1

8

2.9

0.077

 Non-profit

2836

39.9

2784

98.2

52

1.8

 

 Private

3999

56.2

3944

98.6

55

1.4

 
  1. aIt presented column percentage. Column percentage shows the proportion of a total of 7112 participants in each category
  2. bIt presented row percentage. Row percentage add up to each row total, and shows the proportion within each characteristics in each row by whether having the incidence of hip fracture or not
  3. cThe record regarding having pressure ulcer was based on the information of patients’ mandatory assessment data, which is requested to qualify to become a long-term care beneficiaries
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