Table 1.
Study sample characteristics
| Characteristic | Total sample (n = 55) n (%) |
Hospice (n = 25) n (%) |
Non-hospice (n = 30) n (%) |
P-value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sex | 0.843 | |||
| Female | 30 (54.5) | 14 (56.0) | 16 (53.3) | |
| Male | 25 (45.5) | 11 (44.0) | 14 (46.7) | |
| Race/ethnicity | 0.446 | |||
| White | 39 (70.9) | 19 (76.0) | 20 (66.7) | |
| Black | 16 (29.1) | 6 (24.0) | 10 (33.3) | |
| Dementia type | 0.217 | |||
| Alzheimer’s disease | 45 (81.8) | 19 (76.0) | 26 (86.7) | |
| Vascular dementia | 8 (14.5) | 5 (20.0) | 3 (10.0) | |
| Lewy body dementia | 1 (1.8) | 1 (4.0) | 0 (0.0) | |
| Mixed dementia | 1 (1.8) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (3.3) | |
| Age | a Mean (SD) | a Mean (SD) | a Mean (SD) | 0.175 |
| Years | 86.4 (7.8) | 85.2 (8.9) | 87.3 (6.9) | |
| Cognitive Performance Scale | 3.8 (1.7) | 3.0 (1.4) | 4.4 (1.7) | 0.002 |
| Levels of cognitive impairment | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | 0.050 |
| Mild (CPS = 1–2) | 14 (14.4) | 9 (36.0) | 5 (16.7) | |
| Moderate (CPS = 3–4) | 21 (38.2) | 11 (44.0) | 10 (33.3) | |
| Severe (CPS = 5–6) | 20 (36.4) | 5 (20.0) | 15 (50.0) |
a
IQR: 25th and 75th interquartile range representing the middle 50% of the values. CPS, Cognitive Performance Scale.