Table 1.
Intervention Patient Demographic Characteristics (n=90)
| Frequency (%)
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| Received Intervention (n=63) |
Refused Intervention (n=27) |
Overall Intervention Group (n=90) |
P-value | |
| Agea | 78.3 ± 8.2 | 78.4 ± 7.1 | 78.4 ± 7.8 | 0.989 |
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| Gender | ||||
| Male | 32 (52.5) | 18 (64.3) | 50 (56.1) | 0.208 |
| Female | 29 (47.5) | 10 (35.7) | 30 (43.8) | |
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| Highest education | ||||
| 8th grade or less | 4 (7.0) | 1 (4.3) | 5 (6.3) | 0.692 |
| 9th–11th grade | 3 (5.3) | 2 (8.7) | 5 (6.3) | |
| High school graduate | 10 (17.5) | 3 (13.0) | 13 (16.3) | |
| Some college | 15 (26.3) | 5 (21.7) | 20 (25.0) | |
| College graduate | 13 (22.8) | 6 (26.1) | 19 (23.8) | |
| Graduate degree | 8 (14.0)) | 6 (26.1) | 14 (17.5) | |
| Doctoral degree | 4 (7.0) | 0 (0) | 4 (5.0) | |
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| Ethnicity | ||||
| African American | 11 (18.0) | 3 (11.1) | 14 (15.9) | 0.736 |
| Caucasian | 38 (62.3) | 18 (66.7) | 56 (63.6) | |
| Latino | 5 (8.2) | 4 (14.8) | 9 (10.2) | |
| Native American | 1 (1.6) | 0 (0) | 1 (1.1) | |
| Asian/PI | 1 (1.6) | 1 (3.7) | 2 (2.3) | |
| Other | 5 (8.2) | 1 (3.7) | 6 (6.8) | |
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| Marital status | ||||
| Married | 29 (49.2) | 16 (57.1) | 45 (51.7) | 0.622 |
| Single | 10 (16.9) | 6 (21.4) | 16 (18.4) | |
| Divorced | 6 (10.2) | 1 (3.6) | 7 (8.0) | |
| Widowed | 14 (23.7) | 5 (17.9) | 19 (21.8) | |
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| Living situation | ||||
| Own house/apartment | 51 (86.4) | 27 (96.4) | 78 (89.7) | 0.317 |
| Living in family member's home | 5 (8.5) | 1 (3.6) | 6 (6.9) | |
| Other | 3 (5.1) | 0 (0) | 3 (3.4) | |
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| Who do you live with? | ||||
| Alone | 13 (22.4) | 7 (25.9) | 20 (23.5) | 0.300 |
| Spouse/partner | 27 (46.6) | 16 (59.3) | 43 (50.6) | |
| Child | 9 (15.5) | 4 (14.8) | 13 (15.3) | |
| Paid caregiver | 1 (1.7) | 0 (0) | 1 (1.2) | |
| Other | 8 (13.8) | 0 (0) | 8 (9.4) | |
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| Who is your primary caregiver? | ||||
| No one/self | 24 (40.7) | 9 (33.3) | 33 (38.4) | 0.907 |
| Spouse | 16 (27.1) | 8 (29.6) | 24 (27.9) | |
| Significant other | 3 (5.1) | 1 (3.7) | 4 (4.7) | |
| Child | 6 (10.2) | 5 (18.5) | 11 (12.8) | |
| Paid caregiver | 4 (6.8) | 2 (7.4) | 6 (7.0) | |
| Other | 6 (10.2) | 2 (7.4) | 8 (9.3) | |
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| Annual income | ||||
| Under $10,000 | 8 (12.9) | 1 (3.6) | 9 (10.0) | 0.529 |
| $10,000 – $19,000 | 7 (11.3) | 3 (10.7) | 10 (11.1) | |
| $20,000 – $29,000 | 4 (6.5) | 1 (3.6) | 5 (5.6) | |
| $30,000 – $39,000 | 1 (3.7) | 0 (0) | 1 (1.1) | |
| $40,000– $49,000 | 0 (0) | 1 (3.6) | 1 (1.1) | |
| $50,000 or more | 6 (9.7) | 3 (10.7) | 9 (10.0) | |
| Refused to reply | 36 (55.9) | 19 (67.8) | 55 (61.1) | |
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| Length-of-staya (days) | 3.8 ± 8.1 | 3.0 ± 2.6 | 3.5 ± 4.2 | 0.959 |
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| # Prior inpatient stays (last 6 months)a | 0.5 ± 1.0 | 0.6 ± 1.1 | 0.6 ± 1.0 | 0.798 |
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| # Prior ED visits (last 6 months)a | .03 ± 0.6 | 0.5 ± 0.7 | 0.3 ± 0.6 | 0.309 |
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| # Daily medicationsa | 7.5 ± 3.4 | 9.1 ± 4.3 | 7.9 ± 3.7 | 0.122 |
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| # Health conditionsa | 5.9 ± 3.2 | 6.2 ± 2.9 | 5.9 ± 3.1 | 0.515 |
*
p<.05;
**
p<.01;
***
p<.001
a
Mann-Whitney U-Test