Table 2 Demographic and clinical characteristics for the subtypes of dementia at BL, mortality at the end of the observation period, median survival time and a sensitivity analysis including only participants with the BL assessment within 90 days after NH admission

N (%)

1349

204 (15.1)

766 (57.0)

81 (6.0)

64 (4.7)

99 (7.3)

66 (4.9)

58 (4.3)

Age, mean (SD)

84.7 (7.5)

86.7 (7.7)

84.8 (7.3)

83.5 (7.0)

85.2 (7.9)

82.7 (8.0)

81.2 (7.9)

84.4 (6.4)

Gender female (%)

874 (65)

133 (65)

520 (68)

52 (64)

39 (61)

67 (68)

23 (35)

34 (60)

Living alone before NH; n (%)

937 (69)

155 (76)

530 (70)

59 (73)

44 (69)

62 (64)

34 (52)

45 (78)

GMHR poor or moderate, n (%)

648 (52)

104 (51)

343 (48)

51 (63)

32 (55)

48 (51)

40 (64)

25 (53)

BMI, mean (SD)

24.3 (4.9)

25.0 (5.9)

24.1 (4.8)

24.8 (5.0)

24.4 (4.7)

24.5 (4.2)

23.9 (4.9)

24.7 (5.0)

PSMS, mean (SD)

15.0 (4.9)

14.7 (4.5)

14.8 (4.3)

16.0 (4.4)

14.9 (4.6)

15.0 (4.9)

16.9 (4.4)

16.4 (4.2)

NPI, mean (SD)

13.8 (16.8)

6.8 (10.5)

14.0 (16.7)

13.0 (15.6)

14.8 (17.7)

19.7 (18.0)

21.4 (21.6)

18.4 (19.1)

NPI-AGI, mean (SD)

4.3 (7.2)

1.4 (3.4)

4.4 (7.1)

4.1 (7.3)

5.0 (7.2)

7.9 (8.7)

6.2 (9.2)

5.2 (8.1)

NPI_PSY, mean (SD)

1.7 (3.7)

0.6 (2.1)

1.6 (3.5)

1.1 (2.8)

2.8 (5.1)

2.4 (4.5)

4.4 (5.6)

1.1 (3.2)

NPI-AFF, mean (SD)

3.7 (4.3)

2.5 (4.7)

3.9 (5.7)

3.3 (5.0)

3.0 (5.1)

4.2 (5.7)

4.0 (6.0)

5.6 (6.6)

CDR-SoB, mean (SD)

10.3 (4.3)

5.0 (3.8)

11.3 (3.5)

11.1 (3.4)

10.5 (3.8)

11.9 (3.3)

11.4 (3.6)

10.9 (4.3)

Deceased during observation period, n (%)

778 (57.7)

126 (61.8)

434 (57.0)

42 (51.9)

36 (56.3)

57 (57.6)

39 (59.1)

39 (67.2)

Median survival (CI)

2.3 (2.2–2.5)

1.6 (1.1–2.0)

2.4 (2.2–2.7)

2.6 (−)

2.5 (2.1–3.0)

2.7 (2.4–2.9)

2.6 (1.8–3.4)

1.4 (0.6–2.2)

N (%)

795

119 (15.0)

471 (59.2)

40 (5.0)

34 (4.3)

51 (6.4)

42 (5.3)

31 (3.9)

Median survival (CI)

2.3 (2.0–2.5)

1.4 (0.9–1.8)

2.3 (1.9–2.6)

2.6 (1.9–3.3)

2.9 (−)

2.7 (2.2–3.2)

2.7 (1.8–3.5)

1.2 (0.6–1.8)