Table 1.
Characteristics of the study population.
| PRAPARE a data (n = 6531) | No PRAPARE data (n = 1156)* | p-value b | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Age at assessment | 54.33 (17.76) | 52.16 (19.46) | 0.0002 |
| Gender | |||
| Male | 2693 (41.23) | 540 (46.71) | 0.0005 |
| Female | 3829 (58.63) | 612 (52.94) | |
| Missing | 9 (0.14) | 4 (0.35) | |
| Race, N (%) | |||
| American Indian/Alaska Native | 4 (0.1) | 1 (0.09) | 0.624 c |
| Asian | 151 (2.3) | 25 (2.2) | |
| Black or African American | 2851(43.8) | 491 (42.5) | |
| Hispanic or Latino | 99 (1.50) | 20 (4.7) | |
| White | 3260 (50.1) | 581 (50.2) | |
| Multiple/other | 11 (0.2) | 3 (0.2) | |
| Declined/unknown | 126 (1.9) | 30 (2.6) | |
| Missing | 29 (0.4) | 5 (0.4) | |
| Admittance type, N (%) | |||
| Community medicine clinic | 4934 (75.5) | 522 (45.2) | <0.0001 |
| Emergency room | 1461 (22.4) | 557 (48.2) | |
| Other | 136 (2.1) | 77 (6.6) | |
*Of the 1156, n = 249 filled out <12 questions and n = 907 were unable to participate.
a
Protocol for Responding to and Assessing Patients’ Assets, Risks, and Experiences (PRAPARE) tool.
b
Chi-square and two-sample t-tests were used for categorical and continuous variables.
c
Fisher's exact test was used to calculate p-value.