Table 2 Baseline characteristics of eligible home care clients across trial sites, January–December 2016
Home Care Client Characteristics | HNHB | WH | VIHA |
|---|---|---|---|
n = 7709 | n = 375 | n = 1767 | |
Demographics | |||
 Age, yr (Median (Q1, Q3)) | 83 (74–89) | 80 (71–86) | 86 (79–90) |
 Sex, male | 39.9% | 37.6% | 39.2% |
 Lived alone | 37.0% | 44.9% | 47.9% |
  Lived alone w/ impaired cognition | 22.7% | 17.6% | 35.4% |
Health | |||
ADL Impairmenta | |||
 Independent/Supervision | 50.0% | 51.2% | 61.8% |
 Limited/Extensive | 38.5% | 38.4% | 30.0% |
 Maximal/ Dependent | 11.5% | 10.4% | 8.3% |
Cognitive Impairmentb | |||
 Intact / Borderline intact | 51.7% | 71.2% | 34.8% |
 Mild / Moderate | 44.5% | 25.9% | 59.0% |
 Severe | 3.8% | 2.9% | 6.3% |
Number of Medications | |||
 0–4 | 8.0% | 3.2% | 10.1% |
 5–8 | 26.4% | 31.7% | 33.2% |
 9 or more | 65.6% | 65.1% | 56.6% |
Any mood symptom | 33.5% | 29.1% | 34.4% |
Bladder incontinence | 44.4% | 36.8% | 41.2% |
Fall in last 90 days | 51.9% | 36.3% | 42.6% |
DIVERT Subgroupsc | |||
 9 | 14.8% | 25.1% | 19.6% |
 10 | 11.2% | 22.1% | 19.1% |
 14 | 42.5% | 34.9% | 31.4% |
 15 | 31.4% | 17.9% | 29.9% |
Chronic Conditions | |||
 Congestive heart failure | 25.2% | 29.3% | 35.7% |
 Stroke | 21.9% | 14.7% | 22.8% |
 Hypertension | 71.8% | 77.3% | 67.4% |
 Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease | 29.0% | 40.3% | 32.6% |
 Diabetes | 31.6% | 40.3% | 25.0% |
 Dementia | 19.3% | 8.3% | 35.8% |