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Table 3 Baseline clinical and demographic characteristics of residents with dementia

From: Evaluation of IMproving Palliative care Education and Training Using Simulation in Dementia (IMPETUS-D) a staff simulation training intervention to improve palliative care of people with advanced dementia living in nursing homes: a cluster randomised controlled trial

Characteristic

Intervention nursing homes (n = 608)

Control nursing homes (n = 696)

Total (N = 1,304)

Age in years, median (IQR)

86.4 (81.0-91.5)

87.3 (80.9-91.5)

86.9 (80.9-91.5)

Female, n (%)

409 (67.3)

463 (66.5)

872 (66.9)

Years living in care home, median (IQR)

2.2 (1.0-4.6)

2.3 (0.9-4.2)

2.3 (0.9-4.4)

ACFI scores - high, n (%)

 Activities of daily living

 Behaviour

 Complex health care needs

342 (56.3)

468 (77.0)

416 (68.4)

425 (61.1)

556 (79.9)

502 (72.1)

767 (58.8)

1024 (78.5)

918 (70.4)

 ACD in place, n (%)

198 (32.6)

190 (27.3)

388 (29.8)

Type of dementia

 Alzheimer’s disease

 Vascular dementia

 Mixed dementia

 Lewy body dementia

 Fronto-temporal dementia

 Other

 Not specified

284 (46.4)

67 (11.0)

56 (9.2)

14 (2.3)

11 (1.8)

20 (3.3)

158 (26.0)

346 (49.7)

87 (12.5)

53 (7.6)

12 (1.7)

10 (1.4)

30 (4.3)

158 (22.7)

628 (48.2)

154 (11.8)

109 (8.4)

26 (2.0)

21 (1.6)

50 (3.8)

316 (24.2)

Comorbidities

 CHF

 Chronic lung disease

 Chronic kidney failure

 Chronic liver disease

 Stroke

 Cancer

68 (11.2)

76 (12.5)

51 (8.4)

6 (1.0)

102 (16.8)

109 (17.9)

92 (13.2)

92 (13.2)

69 (9.9)

4 (0.6)

122 (17.5)

115 (16.5)

160 (12.3)

168 (12.9)

120 (9.2)

10 (0.8)

224 (17.2)

224 (17.2)

  1. Abbreviations: ACD advance care directive, ACFI Aged care funding instrument, CHF congestive heart failure, IQR inter quartile range