Table 6.

Baseline living status, use of care facilities, and GP, out-patient and day-hospital visits and assessment of activities of daily living scores (Barthel and IADL).

Variable		Men		Women
		Primary	Secondary	Primary	Secondary
Subjects [N(%)]		1345 (23.2)	1459 (25.1)	1894 (32.6)	1106 (19.1)
Assessments of activities of daily living [mean(SD)]
Barthel		19.9 (0.5)	19.8 (0.7)	19.7 (0.8)	19.6 (1.0)
IADL		13.7 (0.8)	13.6 (1.1)	13.7 (0.9)	13.4 (1.2)
MMSE (Visit A1) [mean(SD)]
Score		28.1 (1.5)	28.0 (1.5)	28.0 (1.6)	28.0 (1.5)
Living status [% of column total]
Home alone		25.6	23.6	53.8	55.2
Home not alone		73.2	74.4	43.6	41.0
Not home		1.2	2.1	2.6	3.9
Use of care facilities [% of column total]
Home help (days/week)	0 days	93.5	91.8	91.4	86.4
	1 day	5.2	5.6	6.6	9.2
	>1 day	1.3	2.7	2.0	4.3
Meals on wheels (days/week)	0 days	98.4	98.5	98.4	98.6
	≥ 1 days	1.6	1.5	1.6	1.5
District Nurse (days/month)	0 days	99.4	99.6	99.3	98.4
	≥ 1 days	0.6	0.4	0.7	1.6
GP and hospital visits previous 3 months [% of column total]
GP Surgery visits	0	39.4	36.5	33.8	33.5
	1	29.7	32.0	32.0	27.2
	>1	30.7	31.5	34.2	39.2
GP Home visits	0	97.7	96.2	96.0	93.6
	1	1.6	2.9	2.6	4.2
	>1	0.7	0.9	1.4	2.2
Outpatient hospital	0	83.1	79.4	84.3	77.6
	1	13.5	15.2	12.4	18.2
	>1	3.4	5.4	3.3	4.3
Day hospital	0	98.7	98.9	98.6	98.0
	1	1.1	1.0	1.3	1.7
	>1	0.2	0.1	0.1	0.3