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Table 1 Descriptive statistics of resident characteristics during transitions from long-term care to the emergency department

From: A first look at consistency of documentation across care settings during emergency transitions of long-term care residents

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)

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

  1. a105 residents experienced repeat transitions to the ED within the study period, ranging from 2 (n = 89) to 5 transitions (n = 2)