Table 2.
Demographic Characteristics of Patients at Baseline and Post-intervention between Experimental and Control Groups
| (N=738) | Baseline (T1) | P-value | Post-Intervention (T2) | P-value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| E | C | E | C | |||
| Gender N (%)1 | 0.74 | 0.06 | ||||
| Female | 89 (44.1) | 83 (42.1) | 91 (54.2) | 71 (41.5) | ||
| Male | 113 (55.9) | 114 (57.9) | 77 (45.8) | 100 (58.5) | ||
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| Age in yrs M (SD) | 77.0(7.7) | 77.3 (7.1) | 78.3 (7.3) | 77.7 (7.5) | ||
| Age by category N (%)2 | 0.21 | 0.87 | ||||
| 65–74 | 89 (44.1) | 68 (34.5) | 60 (35.7) | 63 (36.8) | ||
| 75–84 | 79 (39.1) | 88 (44.7) | 71 (42.3) | 68 (39.8) | ||
| 85 or over | 34 (16.8) | 41 (20.8) | 37 (22.0) | 40 (23.4) | ||
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| Ethnicity N (%)2 | N/A | N/A | ||||
| White | 134 (66.3) | 125 (63.5) | 141 (83.9) | 136 (79.5) | ||
| Black | 20 (9.9) | 0 (0) | 12 (7.1) | 1 (0.6) | ||
| Other3 | 5 (2.5) | 2 (1.0) | 1 (0.6) | 2 (1.2) | ||
| Unknown4 | 43 (21.3) | 70 (35.5) | 14 (8.3) | 32 (18.7) | ||
1
P-values were calculated based on the logistic regression model (binomial) with GEE approach, where Hospice Group (E/C) was the only independent variable.
2
Unable to calculate P-values due to limited numbers in some groups