Table 2 Distribution of baseline co-variates at time of admission to LTCH by DNH and DNR Status (n = 123,003 residents)
From: Outcomes of advance care directives after admission to a long-term care home: DNR the DNH?
Covariate | Domain | Do Not Hospitalize | Do Not Resuscitate | All Residents (%) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Not Present (%) | Present (%) | Χ2 p value | Not Present (%) | Present (%) | Χ2 p value | |||
Age Group | 65–74 | 10,402 (78.3) | 2889 (21.74) | < .0001 | 5602 (42.2) | 7689 (57.8) | < .0001 | 13,291 (10.8) |
75–84 | 33,504 (76.9) | 10,082 (23.1) | 14,493 (33.3) | 29,093 (66.7) | 43,586 (35.4) | |||
85–94 | 42,105 (73.1) | 15,503 (26.9) | 14,270 (24.8) | 43,338 (75.2) | 57,608 (46.8) | |||
95+ | 5664 (66.5) | 2854 (33.5) | 1451 (17.0) | 7067 (83.0) | 8518 (7.0) | |||
Gender | Female | 58,889 (74.2) | 20,529 (25.8) | < .0001 | 22,410 (28.2) | 57,008 (71.8) | < .0001 | 79,418 (64.6) |
Male | 32,786 (75.2) | 10,799 (24.8) | 13,406 (30.8) | 30,179 (69.2) | 43,585 (35.4) | |||
Marital Status | Not married | 65,784 (74.1) | 22,942 (25.9) | < .0001 | 24,884 (28.1) | 63,842 (71.9) | < .0001 | 88,726 (72.1) |
Married | 25,891 (75.5) | 8386 (24.5) | 10,932 (31.9) | 23,345 (68.1) | 34,277 (27.9) | |||
Province | AB | 8541 (68.4) | 3943 (31.6) | < .0001 | 2155 (17.3) | 10,329 (82.7) | < .0001 | 12,484 (10.2) |
BC | 13,276 (76.0) | 4186 (34.0) | 4856 (27.8) | 12,606 (72.2) | 17,462 (14.2) | |||
ON | 69,858 (75.1) | 23,199 (24.9) | 28,805 (31.0) | 64,252 (69.0) | 93,057 (75.6) | |||
Diagnoses | COPD | 15,008 (73.8) | 5339 (26.2) | 0.0058 | 5403 (26.6) | 14,944 (73.5) | < .0001 | 20,347 (16.5) |
No COPD | 76,667 (74.7) | 25,989 (25.3) | 30,413 (29.6) | 72,243 (70.4) | 102,656 (83.5) | |||
Pneumonia | 1561 (71.3) | 628 (28.7) | 0.0005 | 526 (24.0) | 1663 (76.0) | < .0001 | 2189 (1.8) | |
No pneumonia | 90,114 (74.6) | 30,700 (25.4) | 35,290 (29.2) | 85,524 (70.8) | 120,814 (98.2) | |||
Diabetes | 23,734 (76.7) | 7212 (23.3) | < .0001 | 10,021 (32.4) | 20,925 (67.6) | < .0001 | 30,946 (25.2) | |
No diabetes | 67,941 (73.8) | 24,116 (26.2) | 25,795 (28.0) | 66,262 (72.0) | 92,057 (74.8) | |||
Arthritis | 25,744 (74.3) | 12,372 (25.7) | 0.116 | 13,145 (27.3) | 34,971 (72.7) | < .0001 | 48,116 (39.1) | |
No arthritis | 55,931 (74.7) | 18,956 (25.3) | 22,671 (30.3) | 52,216 (69.7) | 74,887 (60.9) | |||
CRF | 9965 (74.7) | 3383 (25.3) | 0.7262 | 3730 (27.9) | 9618 (72.1) | 0.0016 | 13,348 (10.9) | |
No CRF | 817,710 (74.5) | 27,945 (25.5) | 32,086 (29.3) | 77,569 (70.7) | 109,655 (89.1) | |||
ADRD | 56,261 (73.8) | 19,941 (26.2) | < .0001 | 21,548 (28.3) | 54,654 (71.7) | < .0001 | 76,202 (62.0) | |
No ADRD | 35,414 (75.7) | 11,387 (24.3) | 14,268 (30.5) | 32,533 (69.5) | 46,801 (38.0) | |||
HF | 13,754 (73.2) | 5041 (26.8) | < .0001 | 4642 (24.7) | 14,153 (75.3) | < .0001 | 18,795 (15.3) | |
No HF | 77,921 (74.8) | 26,287 (25.2) | 31,174 (29.9) | 73,034 (70.1) | 104,208 (84.7) | |||
Cancer | 9587 (72.3) | 3677 (27.7) | < .0001 | 3531 (26.6) | 9733 (73.4) | 13,264 (10.8) | ||
No cancer | 82,088 (74.8) | 27,651 (25.2) | 32,285 (29.4) | 77,454 (70.6) | < .0001 | 109,739 (89.2) | ||
CHESS | 0 | 46,724 (76.9) | 14,062 (23.1) | < .0001 | 19,681 (32.4) | 41,105 (67.6) | < .0001 | 60,786 (49.4) |
1 | 28,920 (73.7) | 10,312 (26.3) | 11,075 (28.2) | 28,157 (71.8) | 39,232 (31.9) | |||
2 | 11,482 (71.8) | 4510 (28.2) | 3790 (23.7) | 12,202 (76.3) | 15,992 (13.0) | |||
3 | 3428 (66.8) | 1701 (33.2) | 999 (19.5) | 4130 (80.5) | 5129 (4.2) | |||
4 | 1013 (62.8) | 599 (37.2) | 247 (15.3) | 1365 (84.7) | 1612 (1.3) | |||
5 | 108 (42.9) | 144 (57.1) | 24 (9.5) | 228 (90.5) | 252 (0.2) | |||
Physician visit in last 14 days | Yes | 72,875 (74.2) | 25,302 (25.8) | < .0001 | 28,777 (29.3) | 69,400 (70.7) | 0.003 | 98,177 (79.8) |
No | 18,800 (75.7) | 6026 (24.3) | 7039 (28.4) | 17,787 (71.6) | 24,826 (20.2) | |||
CPS | 0 | 11,197 (79.3) | 2932 (20.7) | < .0001 | 4913 (34.8) | 9216 (65.2) | < .0001 | 14,129 (11.5) |
1,2 | 33,974 (75.8) | 10,873 (24.2) | 13,413 (29.9) | 31,434 (70.1) | 44,847 (36.5) | |||
3,4 | 37,545 (73.4) | 13,593 (26.6) | 14,249 (27.9) | 36,889 (72.1) | 51,138 (41.6) | |||
5,6 | 8959 (69.5) | 3930 (30.5) | 3241 (25.2) | 9648 (74.8) | 12,889 (10.5) | |||
ADLH | Scale = 0 | 5036 (80.4) | 1228 (19.6) | < .0001 | 2145 (34.2) | 4119 (65.8) | < .0001 | 6264 (5.1) |
Scale = 1,2 | 25,762 (77.0) | 7698 (23.0) | 10,590 (31.7) | 22,870 (68.3) | 33,460 (27.2) | |||
Scale > = 3 | 60,877 (73.1) | 22,402 (26.9) | 23,081 (27.7) | 60,198 (72.3) | 83,279 (67.7) | |||