Table 2 Sociodemographic and clinical-care characteristics of chronic patients > 65 years, overall and according to risk level by adjusted morbidity groups (AMG)
Variables n (%) | Low risk 1628 (49.5) | Medium risk 1293 (39.3) | High risk 371 (11.2) | P |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Sociodemographic variables | ||||
Agea | 76.2 (7.9) | 79.2 (7.7) | 82.2 (7.4) | < 0.01 |
Men | 522 (32.1) | 438 (33.9) | 165 (44.5) | < 0.01 |
Women | 1106 (67.9) | 855 (66.1) | 206 (55.5) | |
Origin: Spain | 1331 (81.8) | 1146 (88.6) | 324 (87.3) | |
Another European country | 58 (3.6) | 32 (2.5) | 6 (1.6) | < 0.01 |
Rest of the world | 239 (14.7) | 115 (8.9) | 41 (11.1) | |
Clinical-care variables | ||||
Immobilized | 44 (2.7) | 123 (9.5) | 119 (32.1) | < 0.01 |
Institutionalized | 63 (3.9) | 51 (3.9) | 40 (10.8) | < 0.01 |
Primary Caregiver | 23 (1.4) | 100 (7.7) | 95 (25.6) | < 0.01 |
Need for home support | 12 (0.7) | 38 (2.9) | 27 (7.3) | < 0.01 |
Palliative Care | 2 (0.1) | 6 (0.5) | 24 (6.5) | < 0.01 |
Number of chronic diseasesa | 2.6 (1.2) | 4.5 (1.5) | 7 (2.3) | < 0.01 |
Multimorbidity | 1302 (80) | 1270 (98.2) | 371 (100) | < 0.01 |
Complexity indexa | 5.6 (2) | 12.7 (2.7) | 30.4 (12) | < 0.01 |
Polymedicated | 466 (28.6) | 767 (59.3) | 317 (85.4) | < 0.01 |