Table 3.
Clinical characteristics by outbound transition site of care among hospital and nursing facility subjects with dementia.
| Proxy respondent, n (%)* |
IADL, mean (SD)* |
ADL, mean (SD)* |
Modified TICS, mean (SD)** |
IQCODE, mean (SD)*** |
Died by 2008, n (%) |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hospitalized subjects’ outbound transition site of care |
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| Home without formal services |
1187 (27.8) | 1.7 (1.9) | 1.0 (1.6) | 10.5 (4.7) | 63.9 (13.5) | 2447 (55.5) |
| Home with formal services |
123 (21.8) | 1.4 (1.7) | 0.8 (1.4) | 10.9 (4.7) | 61.1 (13.3) | 335 (57.5) |
| Nursing facility | 962 (34.6) | 2.1 (1.9) | 1.3 (1.7) | 9.5 (4.4) | 65.7 (12.6) | 1854 (64.9) |
| p-value**** | <.0001 | <.0001 | <.0001 | <.0001 | .0245 | <.0001 |
| Nursing facility subjects’ outbound transition site of care |
||||||
| Home without formal services |
369 (40.8) | 2.4 (2.0) | 1.6 (1.8) | 9.9 (4.5) | 67.4 (12.5) | 523 (55.8) |
| Home with formal services |
50 (18.5) | 1.5 (1.7) | 0.9 (1.5) | 10.7 (4.5) | 61.8 (11.5) | 143 (50.5) |
| Hospital | 891 (41.3) | 2.4 (2.0) | 1.6 (1.8) | 9.1 (4.3) | 67.0 (12.7) | 1575 (71.9) |
| Only transition to death |
127 (45.2) | 2.4 (2.0) | 1.7 (1.9) | 8.6 (4.4) | 67.5 (12.6) | NA |
| No transitions, no death |
55 (32.7) | 2.3 (2.0) | 1.4 (1.8) | 9.8 (4.1) | 71.8 (9.6) | NA |
| p-value**** | <.0001 | <.0001 | <.0001 | <.0001 | .1558 | <0.001 |
*
at time of last assessment prior to transition
**
among self-respondents aged>=65, high score indicates better cognitive function; possible range=0-27
***
among proxies aged >=65, high score indicates worse cognitive function; possible range=16-80
****
a generalized linear model for repeated measures was used to make comparisons across location with either a logit (proxy respondent, died by 2008), Poisson (IADL and ADL scores) or identity (Modified TICS, IQCode) link function.