Variable (Valid N) | Transitions with consistent documentation (n = 281) | Transitions with ambiguous documentation (n = 83) | Transition with inconsistent documentation (N = 227) | Total (Valid N = 591) | |
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Sex [N(%)] | Female | 98 (34.9) | 30 (36.1) | 102 (44.9) | 230 (38.9) |
Male | 183 (65.1) | 53 (63.9) | 125 (55.1) | 361 (61.1) | |
Age [mean(SD)] | Age in years | 84.84 (7.1) | 83.42 (8.1) | 84.03 (8.2) | 84.33 (7.7) |
Missing | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
Most frequent pre-existing diagnoses [Check all that apply, N(%)] | Hypertension | 171 (60.9) | 49 (59.0) | 145 (63.8) | 365 (61.7) |
Dementia | 162 (57.7) | 59 (71.1) | 133 (58.6) | 354 (59.9) | |
Arthritis | 109 (38.8) | 34 (41.0) | 98 (43.6) | 241 (40.8) | |
Mental Health/Psychiatric Issue | 120 (42.7) | 30 (36.1) | 83 (36.9) | 233 (39.6) | |
Cardiovascular Disease | 80 (28.5) | 26 (31.3) | 86 (38.2) | 192 (32.5) | |
Stroke | 86 (30.6) | 29 (34.9) | 71 (31.6) | 186 (31.5) | |
Osteoporosis | 108 (38.4) | 16 (5.3) | 64 (28.2) | 188 (31.8) | |
Diabetes | 67 (23.8) | 30 (36.1) | 67 (29.8) | 164 (27.7) | |
Thyroid Disease | 90 (32.0) | 19 (22.9) | 56 (24.9) | 165 (27.9) | |
Vision Disease | 83 (29.5) | 25 (30.1) | 55 (24.2) | 163 (27.6) | |
Cognitive Performance Scale Score [N(%)] | 0 = decision-making intact | 23 (8.2) | 8 (10.0) | 18 (8.6) | 49 (8.7) |
1 = decision-making borderline intact | 33 (11.7) | 10 (12.5) | 19 (9.1) | 62 (11.0) | |
2 = decision-making mild impairment | 65 (23.1) | 15 (18.8) | 43 (20.6) | 123 (21.8) | |
3 = decision-making moderate impairment | 86 (30.6) | 33 (41.3) | 74 (35.4) | 193 (34.2) | |
4 = decision-making moderately severe impairment | 27 (9.6) | 5 (6.3) | 20 (9.6) | 52 (9.2) | |
5 = decision-making severe impairment | 25 (8.9) | 4 (5.0) | 22 (10.5) | 51 (9.0) | |
6 = decision-making very severe impairment | 16 (5.7) | 5 (6.3) | 13 (6.2) | 34 (6.0) | |
Missing | 6 | 3 | 16 | 25 | |
Advance Directive [N(%)] | Yes | 142 (50.5) | 50 (61.0) | 154 (67.8) | 386 (66.7) |
No | 139 (49.5) | 32 (39.0) | 72 (31.7) | 193 (33.3) | |
Missing | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Canadian Triage and Acuity Scale Score in Emergency [N(%)] | 1 = Resuscitation | 12 (4.3) | 6 (7.3) | 5 (2.2) | 23 (3.9) |
2 = Emergent | 54 (19.5) | 33 (40.2) | 90 (40.2) | 177 (30.4) | |
3 = Urgent | 145 (52.3) | 39 (47.6) | 105 (46.9) | 289 (49.6) | |
4 = Less urgent | 63 (22.7) | 3 (3.7) | 21 (9.4) | 87 (14.9) | |
5 = Non-urgent | 3 (1.1) | 1 (1.2) | 3 (1.3) | 7 (1.2) | |
Missing | 4 | 1 | 1 | 6 | |
 | aMissing refers to cases when the study research assistant was not able to access the data source |