Table 1.
Clinical Characteristics and Demographic Variables Associated With Aggressor Status
| Non-RSA | RSA | p-value | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (n = 1,310) | (n = 242) | |||||||
| N | Mean/% | SD | N | Mean/% | SD | |||
| Resident assessment measures | ||||||||
| Range of motion impairment scale (direct resident assessment of performance) | 852 | 6.54 | (7.30) | 125 | 7.36 | (7.17) | 0.243 | |
| Feeling Tone Questionnaire depression scale (direct resident assessment) | 917 | 54.08 | (11.76) | 159 | 55.52 | (12.71) | 0.161 | |
| Care Diagnostic cognitive impairment scale (direct resident assessment) | 1,035 | 7.64 | (4.69) | 190 | 9.21 | (4.51) | <0.001 | |
| Performance ADL impairment scale (direct resident assessment of performance) | 922 | 9.99 | (13.35) | 160 | 15.24 | (14.35) | <0.001 | |
| Observation measures | ||||||||
| Observed affect score | 1,222 | 6.72 | (2.70) | 236 | 7.94 | (3.27) | <0.001 | |
| Observed behavior score | 1,222 | 5.26 | (2.43) | 236 | 6.19 | (3.55) | <0.001 | |
| Staff informant measures | ||||||||
| Disturbing behaviors index | 1,309 | 8.28 | (6.78) | 242 | 19.33 | (9.74) | <0.001 | |
| Mood symptoms scale | 1,301 | −0.40 | (4.99) | 242 | 4.64 | (5.99) | <0.001 | |
| Basic assistance | 1,279 | 11.93 | (7.55) | 235 | 15.22 | (6.17) | <0.001 | |
| Observation schedule PADL—difficulty | 1,030 | 1.44 | (2.52) | 176 | 3.42 | (3.64) | <0.001 | |
| Demographic characteristics | ||||||||
| Age (years) | 1,228 | 83.97 | (10.01) | 226 | 85.70 | (8.96) | 0.016 | |
| Education (years) | 1,000 | 11.87 | (4.12) | 185 | 12.50 | (3.77) | 0.052 | |
| Female | 920 | 70.5 % | 185 | 76.4 % | 0.056 | |||
| Married | 150 | 11.7 % | 40 | 17.0 % | 0.030 | |||
| Black, non-Hispanic | 260 | 20.6 % | 27 | 12.1 % | 0.002 | |||
| Hispanic | 230 | 18.2 % | 29 | 12.9 % | 0.048 | |||
All clinical measures are scored in the deviant direction (higher score indicating greater impairment)