Table 1. Background characteristics of patients in both cohorts measured at baseline.
| Care as usual cohort n = 43 |
Care pathway cohort n = 106 |
p-value | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Characteristics | |||
| Mean age (sd) | 79.6 (7.1) | 80.7 (6.9) | 0.370 |
| Sex (% female) | 65.0% | 67.9% | 0.471 |
| Living situation (% living alone) | 67.4% | 68.9% | 0.865 |
| Education (% High education) | 60.5% | 67.9% | 0.385 |
| Mean number of morbidities (sd) | 3.6 (2.1) | 3.5 (1.8) | 0.882 |
| Outcome measures | |||
| KATZ-15 mean score (sd) (range 0–15*) | 6.6 (3.6) | 5.7 (3.3) | 0.156 |
| EQ-5D-3L Dutch tariff mean score (sd) (range -0.329–1*) | 0.53 (0.28) | 0.51 (0.30) | 0.622 |
*The underlined score represents the most preferable score.