Table 3.
Baseline characteristics of residents of care homes with and without a care home physician
| Characteristics of residents | With a care home physician | Without a care home physician | p-value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Care home residents, n (%) | 1,368 (73.2%) | 500 (26.8%) | |
| Days in care home during the study period, mean (SD) | 276.9 (± 119.2) | 267.7 (± 124.9) | n.s. * |
| Age in years at moving to care home, mean (SD) | 82.9 (± 7.5) | 83.1 (± 7.8) | n.s. Ⴕ |
| Females, n (%) | 915 (66.9%) | 345 (69.0%) | n.s. ǂ |
| Morbidities | |||
| Cancer | 266 (19.4%) | 100 (20.0%) | n.s.ǂ |
| Diabetes | 248 (18.1%) | 83 (16.6%) | n.s. ǂ |
| Dementia | 717 (52.4%) | 249 (49.8%) | n.s. ǂ |
| Parkinson’s disease | 79 (5.8%) | 24 (4.8%) | n.s. ǂ |
| Alcohol abuse | 82 (6.0%) | 32 (6.4%) | n.s. ǂ |
| Hypertension | 765 (55.9%) | 258 (51.6%) | n.s. ǂ |
| Ischemic heart disease | 221 (16.2%) | 88 (17.6%) | n.s. ǂ |
| Heart failure | 130 (9.5%) | 56 (11.2%) | n.s. ǂ |
| Atrial fibrillation | 288 (21.1%) | 105 (21.0%) | n.s. ǂ |
| Stroke | 339 (24.8%) | 121 (24.2%) | n.s. ǂ |
| COPD*/asthma | 229 (16.7%) | 86 (17.2%) | n.s. ǂ |
| Osteoporosis | 311 (22.7%) | 126 (25.2%) | n.s. ǂ |
| Number of selected morbidities | n.s. ǂ | ||
| 0 | 81 (5.9%) | 33 (6.6%) | |
| 1–2 | 569 (41.6%) | 210 (42.0%) | |
| 3–4 | 556 (40.6%) | 204 (40.8%) | |
| 5+ | 162 (11.8%) | 53 (10.6%) | |
The percentages do not add up due to rounding
n.s. not significant
* p-values calculated using the Wilcoxon rank-sum test
Ⴕ p-values calculated using the t-test
ǂ p-values calculated using the Chi-squared test