Variable | n (%) |
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Demographics | |
Age (Years) a | 85 (10.8) |
Sex (Female) | 2,206 (62.6) |
Cognition, mood, behaviour | |
Diagnosis Alzheimer’s disease Dementia other than Alzheimer’s disease b Anxiety disorder or depression | 551 (18.3) 1,939 (54.5) 887 (24.9) |
Moderately or severely impaired cognitive skills for daily decision-making c | 1,901 (53.5) |
Deteriorated cognitive status d | 197 (5.5) |
Wandering behaviours exhibitede | 1,085 (30.5) |
Presence of ≥ 1 indicators of delirium c | 2,542 (71.5) |
Parenteral/IV or feeding tubec | 64 (1.8) |
Mood    ≥ 1 indicators of depression, sadness, or anxiety c   Deteriorated mood d | 2,096 (58.9) 251 (7.1) |
Falls, mobility, pressure ulcers | |
Fall occurred in last 180Â days | 1,619 (45.5) |
Fractures   Hip fracture occurred in last 180 days   Other fracture occurred in last 180 days | 71 (2.0) 73 (2.1) |
Presence of ≥ 1 ulcers (Any stage) c | 571 (16.1) |
Hypotension | 44 (1.5) |
Pain management | |
Frequency (Daily or less than daily) c f | 1,243 (35.0) |
Intensity (Moderate, horrible, or excruciating) c f | 2,888 (81.2) |
Urinary | |
Incontinence  Bladder g h  Bowel g h  Deteriorated urinary continenced | 2,647 (74.4) 2,011 (56.6) 234 (6.6) |
Urinary tract infection§§ | 302 (8.5) |
Ostomy present g | 52 (1.5) |
Urinary catheter present (External, indwelling, or intermittent)Â g | 144 (4.05) |
Clinical symptoms | |
Stability of conditions  Acute episode or flare-up of recurrent or chronic problemc  End-stage diseasee|| | 276 (7.8) 46 (1.3) |
Chronic diseases   Diabetes mellitus   Congestive heart failure   Hypertension   Stroke   COPD   Cancer | 885 (24.9) 347 (11.6) 1,951 (64.9) 763 (21.5) 401 (13.3) 403 (13.4) |
Weight gain or loss of ≥ 1.5 kg (3 lbs.) c | 20 (0.6) |
Shortness of breath c | 262 (7.4) |
Medications | |
New medications initiated d | 1,909 (63.5) |
Number of medications a c | 10 (5.0) |
Received the following medications for ≥ 1 days c   Psychoactive medication (Antipsychotic, antianxiety, antidepressant, or hypnotic)   Diuretic   Analgesic | 2,436 (68.5) 1,010 (28.4) 2,170 (61.0) |
Special treatments and procedures | |
Past hospital use d    ≥ 1 admissions with an overnight stay    ≥ 1 ED visits | 839 (23.6) 863 (24.3) |