Table 3.
Baseline characteristics of All Participants in This Study, for Participants With Data at All Time Points (complete data), and for Those Missing (undocumented status) at 12 Months
| Variable | Full Sample (n=419) |
Complete Data (n=295) |
Missing (n=88) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Categorical | |||
| Diagnostic group | |||
| Neurologic | 99 (23.6) | 70 (23.7) | 22 (25.0) |
| Lower-extremity musculoskeletal | 144 (34.4) | 103 (34.9) | 27 (30.7) |
| Complex medical | 176 (42.0) | 122 (41.4) | 39 (44.3) |
| Sex: females | 227 (54.2) | 156 (52.9) | 49 (55.7) |
| Race: white | 380 (90.7) | 268 (90.9) | 78 (88.6) |
| Education: high school diploma or less† | 181 (45.3) | 123 (42.9) | 42 (52.5) |
| Medical comorbidity (reported at least 1 of 6) | 336 (81.0) | 242 (82.9) | 64 (72.7)* |
| Sensory comorbidity: vision and/or hearing | 149 (35.9) | 105 (35.8) | 33 (37.9) |
| Good-excellent perceived health status prior | 243 (59.3) | 175 (59.7) | 50 (59.5) |
| Living alone prior‡ | 149 (39.3) | 103 (38.0) | 36 (47.4) |
| Living location prior: home | 385 (95.3) | 275 (96.2) | 77 (92.8) |
| Continuous | |||
| Age | 69.1±15.0 | 69.5±13.6 | 66.0±19.5* |
| Baseline personal care & instrumental function | 57.8±12.4 | 57.0±12.7 | 60.0±11.9 |
| Acute hospital LOS§ | 7.6±4.9 | 7.5±5.1 | 7.4±3.9 |
| Days from hospital admission to baseline | 13.4±7.1 | 13.6±7.1 | 13.3±7.1 |
NOTE. Values are n (%) or mean ± standard deviation.
*
P range, .01–.05.
†
5% not reported;
‡
9.6% not reported;
§
19% not documented.