Table 1.

Patients' characteristics

Characteristics	Population (N = 69)
Age (years)	82.5 ± 8.3
Women (%)	78.3
Living alone (%)	62.5
Cognitive impairment* (%)	30.4
Depressive symptoms †	12.1
Basic ADL at admission ¥	2.5 ± 1.6

* defined as a score < 24 at the Mini Mental State Examination (score ranging from 0 to 30, with higher scores indicating better cognition)

† defined as a score ≥ 6 at the 15-item Geriatric Depression Scale (score ranging from 0 to 15, with higher scores indicating more depressive symptoms)

¥ Katz's basic Activities of Daily Living (score ranging from 0 to 6, with higher score indicating better function)