Table 3.
Distribution of background characteristics by pain and pressure ulcers clinical complexity CAPs of clients receiving palliative home care services 2006–2011, Ontario, Canada (N = 6,769)
| Pain | Pressure ulcers | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not triggered % (N) | Trigger level 1% (N) | Trigger level 2% (N) | Chi-square (df) | p Value | Not triggered % (N) | Trigger level 1% (N) | Trigger level 2% (N) | Chi-square (df) | p Value | |
| Age groups | ||||||||||
| 18-44 | 47.4 (120) | 20.6 (52) | 32.0 (81) | 156.7 (8) | <.0001 | 91.2 (239) | 5.34 (14) | 3.4 (9) | 87.8 (8) | <.0001 |
| 45-64 | 51.9 (955) | 23.1 (425) | 25.0 (460) | 91.6 (1,708) | 3.9 (73) | 4.5 (84) | ||||
| 65-74 | 59.9 (948) | 21.2 (336) | 18.8 (298) | 89.4 (1,414) | 5.6 (88) | 5.1 (80) | ||||
| 75-84 | 67.4 (1,191) | 16.2 (286) | 16.3 (288) | 88.3 (1,573) | 8.0 (143) | 3.7 (66) | ||||
| 85 + | 70.8 (499) | 16.1 (113) | 13.1 (92) | 83.3 (600) | 13.3 (96) | 3.3 (24) | ||||
| Gender | ||||||||||
| Male | 59.5 (1,775) | 19.9 (593) | 20.6 (614) | 2.8 (2) | 0.25 | 88.6 (2,684) | 6.7 (204) | 4.7 (141) | 2.7 (2) | 0.26 |
| Female | 61.4 (1,913) | 19.5 (608) | 19.1 (594) | 89.6 (2,811) | 6.6 (208) | 3.8 (120) | ||||
| Estimated prognosis | ||||||||||
| Death imminent | 51.5 (51) | 24.2 (24) | 24.2 (24) | 53.2 (6) | <.0001 | 76.0 (73) | 22.9 (22) | 1.0 (1) | 139.4 (6) | <.0001 |
| Less than 6 weeks | 50.5 (218) | 23.6 (102) | 25.9 (112) | 80.0 (348) | 15.9 (69) | 4.1 (18) | ||||
| 6 weeks to 6 months | 57.3 (1,454) | 22.1 (562) | 20.6 (522) | 87.9 (2,222) | 7.5 (190) | 4.6 (115) | ||||
| Greater than 6 months | 65.2 (1,424) | 18.2 (398) | 16.6 (363) | 92.7 (2,022) | 3.5 (76) | 3.8 (83) | ||||
| Geographic location | ||||||||||
| Site 1 | 50.2 (133) | 23.8 (63) | 26.1 (69) | 195.2 (10) | <.0001 | 87.6 (232) | 7.9 (21) | 4.5 (12) | 34.7 (10) | 0.0001 |
| Site 2 | 59.3 (2,382) | 20.9 (838) | 19.8 (795) | 89.5 (3,653) | 6.1 (248) | 4.4 (181) | ||||
| Site 3 | 77.1 (745) | 10.0 (97) | 12.9 (125) | 87.5 (853) | 9.6 (94) | 2.9 (28) | ||||
| Site 4 | 48.9 (244) | 20.0 (100) | 31.1 (155) | 87.8 (430) | 5.7 (28) | 6.5 (32) | ||||
| Site 5 | 58.4 (80) | 24.8 (34) | 16.8 (23) | 88.2 (119) | 8.9 (12) | 3.0 (4) | ||||
| Site 6 | 49.4 (129) | 30.7 (80) | 19.9 (52) | 93.6 (247) | 4.2 (11) | 2.3 (6) | ||||
| Diagnosis | ||||||||||
| Have cancer diagnosis | 57.9 (2,124) | 21.1 (774) | 21.0 (772) | 56.3 (6) | <.0001 | 91.0 (3,375) | 4.5 (166) | 4.6 (169) | 215.9 (6) | <.0001 |
| Have cancer & non-cancer diagnosis | 61.7 (1,044) | 18.5 (313) | 19.8 (335) | 90.0 (1,541) | 6.3 (108) | 3.7 (64) | ||||
| Have Non-cancer diagnosis only | 73.2 (429) | 13.0 (76) | 13.8 (81) | 75.6 (445) | 20.5 (121) | 3.9 (23) | ||||
| Diagnosis unspecified | 59.2 (116) | 25.0 (49) | 15.8 (31) | 86.9 (173) | 9.6 (19) | 3.5 (7) | ||||
Note: df denotes degrees of freedom.