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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Jan 1.
Published in final edited form as: Geriatr Nurs. 2013 Oct 16;35(1):26–30. doi: 10.1016/j.gerinurse.2013.09.003

Table 2.

Care utilization, according to medical diagnosis.

Variables Absence of COPD, CHF,
DM diagnosis (n = 259)		 CHF (n = 58) DM (n = 71) COPD (n = 42)
Care requirements
   CAS total, min/day, mean ± SEM (n = 396) 206.1 (382.7) 111.4 (210.2) 157.66 (260.7) 218.8 (453.5)
   Staff Likert burden rating, mean ± SEM (n = 394) 2.2 (1.3) 1.9 (1.2) 2.0 (1.3) 1.9 (1.2)
   Level of care rating, mean ± SEM (n = 398) 1.4 (0.6) 1.4 (0.6) 1.5 (0.7) 1.4 (0.6)

CHF, congestive heart failure; DM, diabetes mellitus; COPD, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; CAS, caregiver activity survey.

Inferential statistics were not calculated as the groups were not independent samples (i.e., 28 participants were represented in more than one columns).