Table 2.
Yes (n) | PGCMS Mean ± SD | No (n) | PGCMS Mean ± SD | p-value | |
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Social factors | |||||
Living alone | 276 | 11.5 ± 3.2 | 43 | 12.6 ± 3.0 | 0.048 |
In institutional care | 113 | 10.8 ± 3.5 | 206 | 12.1 ± 2.9 | 0.001 |
Medical factors | |||||
Constipation | 125 | 10.8 ± 3.2 | 194 | 12.2 ± 3.1 | <0.001 |
Dementia | 102 | 10.9 ± 3.2 | 217 | 12.0 ± 3.2 | 0.003 |
Depression | 122 | 9.5 ± 3.2 | 197 | 13.0 ± 2.4 | <0.001 |
Diabetes | 49 | 11.9 ± 3.2 | 270 | 11.6 ± 3.2 | 0.538 |
Heart failure | 105 | 11.1 ± 3.3 | 214 | 11.9 ± 3.1 | 0.028 |
Hip fractures | 35 | 11.3 ± 3.4 | 284 | 11.7 ± 3.2 | 0.502 |
Indwelling catheter | 6 | 8.2 ± 4.4 | 313 | 11.7 ± 3.2 | 0.007 |
Impaired hearing (n = 315) | 54 | 11.1 ± 3.7 | 261 | 11.8 ± 3.1 | 0.182 |
Impaired vision (n = 318) | 55 | 10.4 ± 3.0 | 263 | 11.9 ± 3.2 | 0.002 |
Malignancies | 25 | 11.0 ± 3.5 | 294 | 11.7 ± 3.2 | 0.286 |
Rheumatic disease | 35 | 11.4 ± 2.7 | 284 | 11.7 ± 3.3 | 0.576 |
Stroke in the preceding five years | 30 | 9.7 ± 3.6 | 289 | 11.9 ± 3.1 | <0.001 |
Urinary incontinence | 98 | 11.2 ± 3.0 | 221 | 11.9 ± 3.3 | 0.066 |
Urinary tract infection - current | 46 | 10.4 ± 3.6 | 273 | 11.9 ± 3.1 | 0.003 |
Functional factors | |||||
Eats independently (n = 318) | 310 | 11.7 ± 3.2 | 8 | 9.1 ± 4.0 | 0.024 |
Goes outside independently (n = 316) | 203 | 12.2 ± 3.0 | 113 | 10.7 ± 3.2 | <0.001 |
Independent in toileting (n = 318) | 265 | 12.0 ± 3.1 | 53 | 10.1 ± 3.5 | <0.001 |
Transfers independently (n = 318) | 277 | 11.8 ± 3.2 | 41 | 10.4 ± 3.4 | 0.008 |