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Table 1 Participant characteristics and outcomes

From: Living on the edge of the community: factors associated with discontinuation of community living among people with cognitive impairment

 

Continued community living

Discontinued community living

Missing information

Died

Institutionalized

Hospitalized

Moved out of the community

N (%) of 198

126 (63.6%)

18 (9.1%)

18 (9.1%)

9 (4.5%)

13 (6.6%)

14 (7.1%)

Age, mean ± SD

80.1 ± 5.2

84.3 ± 7.3

83.1 ± 5.1

80.2 ± 6.6

83.3 ± 7.7

81.2 ± 7.8

Educational years, mean ± SDa

10.7 ± 2.6

12.5 ± 3.1

11.6 ± 3.0

11.8 ± 2.6

9.5 ± 1.7

11.4 ± 2.6

MMSE score, mean ± SD

20.5 ± 2.8

19.2 ± 4.8

18.9 ± 5.0

20.2 ± 2.4

19.1 ± 4.0

19.1 ± 5.7

N (%) males

49 (38.9)

11 (61.1)

7 (38.9)

3 (33.3)

3 (23.1)

7 (50.0)

N (%) living alone

55 (43.7)

4 (22.2)

9 (50.0)

4 (44.4)

9 (69.2)

9 (64.3)

N (%) marriedb

59 (47.2)

11 (64.7)

8 (44.4)

3 (37.5)

2 (16.7)

4 (28.6)

N (%) certified long-term care insurance

24 (19.0)

10 (55.6)

10 (55.6)

3 (33.3)

6 (46.2)

6 (42.9)

  1. aNumber of missing cases = 8. bNumber of missing cases = 4
  2. MMSE Mini-Mental State Examination