Table 2.
Patient characteristics
| Characteristics | Number of patients as a percentage of the total (N = 1669) |
| Gender | |
| Male | 25.3 |
| Female | 74.7 |
| Age | |
| 65 – 69 | 3.7 |
| 70 – 74 | 7.1 |
| 75 – 79 | 13.9 |
| 80 – 84 | 22.2 |
| 85 – 89 | 24.8 |
| 90 - | 28.4 |
| Mean age (years) | 84.5 |
| 4 or more diseases | 31.4 |
| ADL score of 2 or more* | 69.1 |
| CPS score of 2 or more** | 76.3 |
| DRS score of 3 or more*** | 7.1 |
| Number of medications | |
| 1 or more | 94.1 |
| 6 or more | 36.2 |
| 9 or more | 11.9 |
| Psychotropic drug use | 18.6 |
*ADL: MDS ADL Self-Performance Hierarchy
**CPS: Cognitive Performance Scale
***DRS: Depression Rating Scale