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Table 1 Demographic and clinical characteristics throughout the observation period and BL characteristics for those deceased during the observation period

From: Mortality in nursing home residents stratified according to subtype of dementia: a longitudinal study over three years

 

BL

FU1

FU2

FU3

Deceased during study period, BL characteristics

Participants (%)

1349

1014 (75.1)

715 (53.0)

483 (35.8)

778 (57.7)

Examination carried out, n (%)

1349 (100)

849 (84)

558 (78)

339 (70)

 

Difference since study start, n (%)

 - Deceased

302 (22.4)

566 (42.0)

778 (57.7)

 - othera

 

33 (2)

68 (4)

88 (6)

 

Difference since year before, n (%)

     

 - Deceased

302 (22.4)

264 (26.0)

212 (29.7)

 - other

 

33 (2)

35 (2)

20 (1)

 

Gender, female (%)

874 (65)

677 (67)

485 (68)

337 (70)

482 (62)

Age, mean (SD)

84.7 (7.5)

84.5 (7.5)

83.7 (7.7)

83.5 (7.7)

85.8 (7.0)

Living alone before NH; n (%)

937 (69)

714 (71)

506 (71)

340 (71)

541 (70)

GMHR poor or moderate, n (%)

648 (52)

481 (58)

344 (63)

205 (65)

414 (58)

BMI, mean (SD)

24.3 (4.9)

25.2 (6.6)

25.4 (5.3)

25.2 (4.7)

23.8 (5.0)

PSMS, mean (SD)

15.0 (4.9)

16.5 (4.8)

18.1 (4.9)

19.5 (5.0)

15.9 (4.5)

NPI, mean (SD)

13.8 (16.8)

15.5 (17.3)

18.5 (20.0)

18.1 (19.6)

14.4 (17.0)

NPI-AGI, mean (SD)

4.3 (7.2)

5.3 (7.8)

6.7 (8.9)

6.4 (8.3)

4.4 (7.0)

NPI_PSY, mean (SD)

1.7 (3.7)

2.0 (3.9)

2.5 (4.3)

2.5 (4.5)

1.8 (3.8)

NPI-AFF, mean (SD)

3.7 (4.3)

3.4 (5.2)

3.6 (5.3)

3.5 (5.5)

3.8 (4.4)

CDR-SoB

10.3 (4.3)

11.9 (4.1)

13.1 (4.1)

13.8 (4.0)

10.5 (4.4)

Type of dementia, n (%)

 - No dementia

204 (15.1)

127 (12.5)

82 (11.5)

62 (12.8)

126 (16.3)

 - AD

766 (57.0)

605 (59.7)

422 (59.0)

284 (58.8)

434 (55.8)

 - VaD

81 (6.0)

68 (6.7)

49 (6.9)

33 (6.8)

42 (5.4)

 - AD/VaD

64 (4.7)

47 (4.6)

35 (5.0)

25 (5.2)

36 (4.6)

-  FTD

99 (7.3)

74 (7.3)

59 (8.3)

36 (7.5)

57 (7.3)

 - DLB/PDD

66 (4.9)

52 (5.1)

38 (5.3)

25 (5.2)

39 (5.0)

 - Unspecified

58 (4.3)

31 (3.1)

21 (2.9)

12 (2.5)

39 (5.0)

 - Cannot be evaluated

11 (0.8)

10 (1.0)

8 (1.1)

6 (1.2)

5 (0.7)

  1. BL baseline, FU follow-up, SD standard deviation, GMHR General medical health rating, BMI Body mass index, PSMS Physical self-maintenance scale, NPI Neuropsychiatric inventory, NPI-AGI NPI sub-syndromes agitation/aggression, disinhibition and irritability, NPI-PSY NPI sub-syndromes delusions and hallucinations, NPI-AFF NPI sub-syndromes depression and anxiety, CDR-SoB Clinical dementia rating scale – sum of boxes, AD Alzheimer’s disease, VaD vascular dementia, FTD frontotemporal dementia, DLB dementia with Lewy bodies, PDD Parkinson’s disease dementia
  2. aOther = participants moved to another institution or nursing home has withdrawn from participation