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Published in final edited form as: J Wound Ostomy Continence Nurs. 2017 Mar-Apr;44(2):165–171. doi: 10.1097/WON.0000000000000313

Table 2.

Cognitive and Emotional Characteristics of Older Incontinent Nursing Home Residents

Variable/Scale	MDS Item	Admissions n = 10,713
Cognitive and Emotional Status		mean (SD)

Cognitive deficits MDS-COGS Score²⁸	B2a, B2b, B3b, B3d, B3e, B4, C4, G1gA, Range 0–10	2.59 (2.45)
Communication Difficulties Score	C1, C5, C6, C3b-f, Range 0–9	0.98 (1.23)
Discomfort Behavior Scale score⁴³ (mean (sd))	E1c, E1k, E1l-p, E4a-eA, E4a-eB, Range 0–102	4.46 (8.76)
		n (%)

Delirium MDS-CAM score⁴⁴	B5a-f, B6, E5
Subsyndromal Delirium Level 1		1,462 (13.6)
Subsyndromal Delirium Level 2 or Full Delirium		1,051 (9.8)
Depression⁴⁵ – Any	E1a, E1d, E1f, E1h, E1i, E1l, E1m	3,351 (31.3)