Table 1.
Characteristics of study sample by level of SOC at baseline (n = 165)
| Low SOC | Medium high SOC | High SOC | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Socio-demographic |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Women |
N (%) |
24 |
(42.86) |
36 |
(61.02) |
25 |
(50.00) |
85 |
(51.52) |
| Age (by year) |
Mean (SD) |
76.73 |
(7.25) |
78.64 |
(7.35) |
77.76 |
(6.00) |
77.73 |
(6.93) |
| Smoking |
N (%) |
8 |
(14.29) |
5 |
(8.47) |
7 |
(14.00) |
20 |
(12.12) |
| Living alone |
N (%) |
32 |
(57.14) |
32 |
(54.24) |
23 |
(46.00) |
87 |
(52.73) |
|
Information on physical health |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Previous hospitalisations last 5 years |
Mean (SD) |
1.96 |
(2.40) |
1.98 |
(2.40) |
1.94 |
(2.71) |
1.96 |
(2.48) |
| Actual hospitalisation (days) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Duration of hospital stay |
Mean (SD) |
5.41 |
(3.90) |
5.76 |
(3.92) |
5.36 |
(3.92) |
5.52 |
(3.88) |
| Duration before inclusion |
Mean (SD) |
2.75 |
(1.73) |
4.02 |
(2.78) |
4.22 |
(3.33) |
3.65 |
(2.73)* |
| Charlson Index |
Mean (SD) |
1.84 |
(1.62) |
2.27 |
(2.32) |
1.56 |
(1.46) |
1.91 |
(1.87) |
|
Functional capability |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| P-ADL |
Mean (SD) |
7.25 |
(1.76) |
7.36 |
(1.63) |
7.26 |
(2.21) |
7.29 |
(1.85) |
| I-ADL |
Mean (SD) |
7.46 |
(2.86) |
8.09 |
(2.45) |
8.44 |
(2.01) |
7.98 |
(2.50) |
|
Anxiety and depression |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Depression (HADS-D score ≥ 8) |
N (%) |
6 |
(10.71) |
1 |
(1.69) |
2 |
(4.00) |
9 |
(5.45) |
| Anxiety (HADS-A score ≥ 8) | N (%) | 9 | (16.07) | 3 | (5.08) | 1 | (2.00) | 13 | (7.88) |
SOC = Sense of Coherence, P-ADL = Personal all day living function, IADL = Instrumental all day living function, HADS-D = Depressive symptoms of the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale, HADS-A = Anxiety symptoms of the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale.
*p ≤ 0.05 analyzed with ANOVA by level of SOC.