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. 2023 Dec 1;23:792. doi: 10.1186/s12877-023-04463-3

Table 3.

Comparison individuals in the lowest and highest risk deciles from the 10-bin calibration plot under the validation cohort

Bin 0 (lowest risk decile) n = 979 Bin 9 (highest risk decile) n = 979 p-value
% (n)
Age (years)
 18–64 79.8 (781) 1.5 (15)  < 0.0001
 65–74 16.8 (164) 7.5 (73)
 75–84 3.2 (31) 35.1 (344)
 85 +  0.3 (3) 55.9 (547)
Sex
 Male 46.4 (454) 48.3 (473) 0.39
 Female 53.6 (525) 51.7 (506)
Marital status
 Never married 22.1 (216) 3.5 (34)  < 0.0001
 Married 52.2 (511) 29.1 (285)
 Widowed 10.0 (98) 40.5 (396)
 Separated/divorced 12.9 (126) 8.4 (82)
 Unknown/other 2.9 (28) 18.6 (182)
Baseline Cognitive Performance Scale (CPS) score
 0 90.7 (888) 24.4 (239)  < 0.0001
 1 9.3 (91) 75.6 (740)
Instrumental Activities of Daily Living (IADL) Involvement scale
 None/mild difficulty (0–13) 86.3 (845) 48.2 (472)  < 0.0001
 Moderate/major difficulty (14–21) 13.7 (134) 51.8 (507)
Pain scale
 No pain/less than daily pain (0–2) 74.4 (728) 88.8 (869)  < 0.0001
 Severe/daily pain (3–4) 25.6 (251) 11.2 (110)
Caregiver Risk Evaluation (CaRE)1
 Low risk 23.6 (231) 21.3 (208)  < 0.0001
 Moderate risk 39.7 (389) 29.6 (290)
 High risk 32.4 (317) 46.9 (459)
 Very high risk n/a n/a
 Missing 4.3 (42) 2.3 (22)
Coronary artery disease
 No 85.5 (837) 80.5 (788) 0.0032
 Yes 14.5 (142) 19.5 (191)
Alzheimer’s dementia
 No 100.0 (979) 92.4 (905)  < 0.0001
 Yes 0.0 (0) 7.6 (74)
Dementia (not Alzheimer’s dementia)
 No 100.0 (979) 70.5 (690)  < 0.0001
 Yes 0.0 (0) 29.5 (289)
Parkinson’s disease
 No 100.0 (979) 82.6 (809)  < 0.0001
 Yes 0.0 (0) 17.4 (170)
Any psychiatric diagnosis
 No 88.4 (865) 79.9 (782)  < 0.0001
 Yes 11.6 (114) 20.1 (197)
Sudden/new onset change in mental functioning (last 7 days)
 No 99.9 (978) 97.3 (953)  < 0.0001
 Yes 0.1 (1) 2.7 (26)
Stroke
 No 94.3 (923) 81.0 (793)  < 0.0001
 Yes 5.7 (56) 19.0 (186)
Hip fracture
 No 96.9 (949) 97.1 (951) 0.7898
 Yes 3.1 (30) 2.9 (28)
Other types of fracture
 No 91.6 (897) 93.6 (916) 0.1011
 Yes 8.4 (82) 6.4 (63)
Pneumonia
 No 95.4 (934) 98.5 (964)  < 0.0001
 Yes 4.6 (45) 1.5 (15)
Cancer
 No 60.5 (592) 92.4 (905)  < 0.0001
 Yes 39.5 (387) 7.6 (74)
Hearing impairment
 No hearing impairment 94.4 (924) 67.8 (664)  < 0.0001
 Hearing impairment 5.6 (55) 32.2 (315)
Vision impairment
 No vision impairment 95.3 (933) 87.6 (858)  < 0.0001
 Vision impairment 4.7 (46) 12.4 (121)
Dual sensory impairment
 No dual sensory impairment 99.6 (975) 75.9 (743)  < 0.0001
 Dual sensory impairment 0.4 (4) 24.1 (236)
Ability to understand others
 Understands 99.0 (969) 69.9 (684)  < 0.0001
 Usually understands 1.0 (10) 26.2 (256)
 Often understands 0.0 (0) 3.5 (34)
 Sometimes understands 0.0 (0) 0.3 (3)
 Rarely/never understands 0.0 (0) 0.2 (2)
Wandering
 No 100.0 (979) 98.9 (968) 0.0009
 Yes 0.0 (0) 1.1 (11)
Verbally abusive
 No 99.0 (969) 95.5 (935)  < 0.00001
 Yes 1.0 (10) 4.5 (44)
Chest pain
 No 95.4 (934) 98.6 (965)  < 0.0001
 Yes 4.6 (45) 1.4 (14)
Edema
 No 71.7 (702) 80.6 (789)  < 0.0001
 Yes 28.3 (277) 19.4 (190)
Hallucinations
 No 100.0 (979) 96.5 (945)  < 0.0001
 Yes 0.0 (0) 3.5 (34)
Clients believes that they are capable of increased functional independence
 No 52.0 (509) 85.8 (840)  < 0.0001
 Yes 48.0 (470) 14.2 (139)
Number of falls in last 90 days
 0 88.5 (866) 47.7 (467)  < 0.0001
 1 9.7 (95) 20.2 (198)
 2 +  1.8 (18) 32.1 (314)
Bladder incontinence
 No 78.2 (766) 47.0 (460)  < 0.0001
 Yes 21.8 (213) 53.0 (519)
Prognosis of less than six months to live
 No 93.3 (913) 99.7 (976)  < 0.0001
 Yes 6.7 (66) 0.3 (3)
Hospital admissions in the last 90 days
 0 42.4 (415) 69.9 (684)  < 0.0001
 1 47.9 (469) 24.3 (238)
 2 +  9.7 (95) 5.8 (57)
Client indicates that he/she feels lonely
 No 91.6 (897) 75.3 (737)  < 0.0001
 Yes 8.4 (82) 24.7 (242)
Change in social activities in the last 90 days
 No decline/decline, not distressed 77.2 (756) 89.1 (872)  < 0.0001
 Decline, distressed 22.8 (223) 10.9 (107)