Table 1.

Patient Baseline Characteristics (N = 539)

Variable	n	%	Variable	n	%
Sociodemographic Factors
Age	Mean = 78.37	SD = 7.54	Marital Status
65–74	189	35.06	Married	204	37.85
75–84	223	41.37	Widowed	234	43.41
85–102	127	23.56	Separated or Divorced	43	7.98
Gender			Never Married	58	10.76
Male	188	34.88	Education (n=536)
Female	351	65.12	Less than High School	164	30.60
Race/Ethnicity			High School Grad/ Some College	261	48.69
White	458	84.97	At Least College Graduate	111	20.71
African American	56	10.39	Poverty Status (n=363)
Hispanic/Other	25	4.64	Poor	94	17.44
Living Situation (n=538)			Not Poor	269	49.91
Alone	210	39.03	Missing	176	32.65
With Spouse	199	36.99
With Others	129	23.98
Health Status
Depression			Impairments in Activities of Daily Living (n=527)	Mean = 1.08	SD = 1.30
Major	73	13.54	0	238	45.16
Minor	58	10.76	1–2	217	41.18
None	408	75.70	3–4	62	11.76
			5–6	10	1.90
Charlson Comorbidity Index	Mean = 2.67	SD = 2.10	Impairments in Instrumental Activities of Daily Living (n=528)	Mean = 3.30	SD=1.48
0	73	13.54	0	28	5.30
1–2	231	42.86	1–2	110	20.83
3–4	136	25.23	3–4	287	54.36
5+	99	18.37	5–6	103	19.51
Mini-Mental State Exam (n=535)	Mean = 26.24	SD = 3.39	Mobility Disability (n=517)	Mean = 1.99	SD = 1.03
<24	96	17.94	0	60	11.61
24 +	439	82.06	1	95	18.38
Reported Pain (n=527)			2	152	29.40
1	163	30.93	3	210	40.62
2	214	40.61
3	150	28.46