Table 3.
Descriptive characteristics by province and discharge pathway at last assessment; changes since initial assessment*
| WRHA | Nova Scotia | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| died | To LTC | still on service after 4 years | all other discharges | All | died | To LTC | still on service after 4 years | all other discharges | All | |
| N (% of provincial sample) | 989 (18.7) | 1,713 (32.5) | 2,029 (38.4) | 547 (10.4) | 5,278 (100) | 977 (18.4) | 2,306 (43.3) | 1,681 (31.6) | 359 (6.7) | 5,323 (100) |
| mean days between initial and last assessments (std dev) | 593 (339) | 619 (351) | 1,193 (224) | 636 (383) | 835 (419) | 596 (337) | 584 (379) | 1,178 (237) | 794 (378) | 788 (428) |
| co-resides with informal caregiver | 46.6 | ↓39.5 | ↓33.1 | ↓40.0 | ↓38.5 | 52.5 | ↓40.2 | 36.2 | 42.2 | ↓41.5 |
| no informal caregiver | 1.0 | 1.1 | 1.8 | 0.9 | 1.3 | 1.5 | 1.3 | ↓2.5 | 2.7 | 1.8 |
| caregiver distress | 19.9 | ↑37.5 | ↓11.7 | 15.9 | ↑22.1 | ↑30.8 | ↑46.5 | 14.8 | 17.2 | ↑31.7 |
| primary caregiver child/child-in-law | 54.0 | 57.9 | ↑61.0 | 55.2 | ↑58.1 | 52.8 | 61.0 | 56.7 | 54.2 | 57.6 |
| primary caregiver is spouse | 27.6 | 24.9 | ↓18.8 | 24.0 | ↓23.0 | 27.5 | ↓21.7 | ↓19.9 | 22.8 | ↓22.3 |
| mean informal hrs in 7 days (std dev) | ↑16.4 (19.6) | ↑19.5 (25.4) | 11.1 (15.2) | 11.6 (14.9) | ↑14.9 (20.2) | ↑30.2 (34.9) | ↑28.9 (37.9) | 19.5 (27.3) | 20.6 (27.5) | ↑25.6 (34.0) |
| ADL hierarchy 1 or greater | ↑48.5 | ↑67.4 | ↑30.0 | ↑22.4 | ↑44.8 | ↑63.1 | ↑81.7 | ↑29.9 | ↑39.7 | ↑59.3 |
| CPS 3 or greater | ↑12.5 | ↑35.6 | ↑6.2 | ↑8.5 | ↑17.1 | ↑24.2 | ↑44.9 | ↑9.7 | ↑14.1 | ↑28.0 |
| CHESS 2 + | 43.4 | ↑47.4 | ↓23.0 | ↓18.7 | 34.3 | ↑59.9 | ↑65.1 | ↓34.7 | 37.1 | ↑52.7 |
| DRS 3 + | 10.6 | ↑17.2 | 7.3 | 8.2 | ↑11.2 | ↑26.3 | ↑34.5 | 18.2 | 21.7 | ↑27.1 |
| daily pain | 53.6 | 45.5 | ↓57.2 | 48.8 | 51.8 | 53.4 | 49.3 | 60.7 | 57.3 | 54.1 |
| MAPLe high or very high | ↑39.7 | ↑67.3 | ↑26.4 | ↑37.1 | ↑43.3 | ↑54.0 | ↑73.7 | ↑33.7 | ↑43.1 | ↑55.6 |
| urinary incont. at least 2 × per week | ↑36.0 | ↑51.8 | ↑32.1 | ↑24.5 | ↑38.4 | ↑38.7 | ↑49.4 | ↑32.4 | ↑29.7 | ↑40.7 |
| any aggressive behaviour | ↑6.5 | ↑16.3 | ↑3.2 | ↑4.1 | ↑8.1 | ↑19.7 | ↑32.5 | ↑10.6 | ↑13.0 | ↑21.9 |
| 1 or more falls | 32.8 | 41.4 | ↓21.6 | ↓23.3 | ↓30.3 | 44.6 | 48.7 | ↓34.2 | 35.0 | ↓42.5 |
| 4 or more diagnoses | ↑62.6 | ↑59.1 | ↑56.9 | ↑53.5 | ↑58.3 | ↑73.2 | ↑73.3 | ↑69.3 | ↑67.2 | ↑71.6 |
| Alzheimer’s/related dementia | ↑20.8 | ↑54.4 | ↑14.2 | ↑23.3 | ↑29.4 | ↑28.2 | ↑56.4 | ↑15.2 | ↑20.3 | ↑35.8 |
| stroke | 19.5 | ↑19.1 | ↑18.7 | 21.1 | ↑19.2 | ↑19.8 | ↑18.3 | ↑16.2 | 17.2 | ↑17.9 |
| heart failure | ↑27.2 | ↑14.2 | ↑14.9 | 13.0 | ↑16.8 | ↑18.1 | ↑11.5 | ↑9.7 | 10.3 | ↑12.1 |
| cancer | ↑21.1 | 9.7 | 10.7 | 11.9 | ↑12.5 | ↑20.8 | ↑12.6 | 10.6 | 14.7 | ↑13.7 |
| psychiatric diagnosis | 15.0 | ↑19.8 | ↑19.8 | ↑21.3 | ↑19.1 | ↑16.5 | ↑23.2 | ↑22.3 | 22.3 | ↑21.6 |
| COPD | ↑26.3 | ↑16.3 | ↑19.3 | 17.6 | ↑19.5 | ↑31.5 | ↑20.5 | ↑26.7 | 26.1 | ↑24.9 |
| diabetes | 27.5 | 19.0 | 23.8 | 24.7 | ↑23.1 | 32.1 | 26.5 | 32.7 | 33.0 | ↑30.0 |
| arthritis | ↑53.0 | ↑55.5 | ↑64.0 | ↑53.5 | ↑58.0 | ↑64.4 | ↑67.0 | ↑76.8 | ↑66.7 | ↑69.4 |
*↑ denotes, compared to initial assessment (in Table 1), a statistically significant (p < .05) increase in the proportion or mean value
↓ denotes, compared to initial assessment (in Table 1), a statistically significant (p < .05) decrease in the proportion or mean value
other cells were not significantly different from the baseline measures