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Table 1 Baseline characteristics

From: Effectiveness of a multi-component community-based care approach for older people at risk of care dependency - results of a prospective quasi-experimental study

 

Intervention (n=873)

Control (n=1,797)

p-value

Age, ø

80.13 (SD=5.35)

80.32 (SD=5.41)

0.3998

Gender

   female 0/1

591 (67.70%)

1,161 (64.61%)

0.1252

   male 0/1

282 (32.30%)

636 (35.39%)

Marital status

   married/long-term partnership

436 (49.94%)

933 (51.92%)

0.3589

   unmarried/divorced/widowed

437 (50.06%)

864 (48.08%)

Housing situation

   1 person

426 (48.80%)

845 (47.02%)

0.7885

   2 people

443 (50.74%)

941 (52.37%)

   3 people

2 (0.23%)

7 (0.39%)

   ≥ 4 people

2 (0.23%)

4 (0.22%)

LUCAS-FI/long-term care grade

   postROBUST

322 (36.88%)

681 (37.90%)

0.8327

   preFRAIL

102 (11.68%)

224 (12.47%)

   FRAIL

367 (42.04%)

733 (40.79%)

   long-term care grade 1-3

82 (9.39%)

159 (8.85%)

  1. SD=Standard Deviation