Table 4.
Joint distribution of the BRASS score assigned by the doctors and the caregivers for social, cognitive, and mobility status
| Living situation/social support (kappa=0.85)
|
Only with spouse | With family | Alone with family support | Alone with friends’ support | Alone with no support | Nursing home/residential care |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Caregiver
| ||||||
| Doctor | ||||||
| Only with spouse | 27 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| With family | 1 | 52 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Alone with family support | 1 | 4 | 25 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Alone with friends’ support | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Alone with no support | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 0 |
| Nursing home/residential care | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Cognition (kappa=0.65)
|
Oriented | Disoriented to some spheres some of the time | Disoriented to some spheres all the time | Disoriented to all spheres some of the time | Disoriented to all spheres all the time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Caregiver
| |||||
| Doctor | |||||
| Oriented | 51 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Disoriented to some spheres some of the time | 27 | 34 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Disoriented to some spheres all the time | 4 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| Disoriented to all spheres some of the time | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Disoriented to all spheres all the time | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Mobility (kappa=0.68)
|
Ambulatory | Ambulatory with mechanical assistance | Ambulatory with human assistance | Nonambulatory |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Caregiver
| ||||
| Doctor | ||||
| Ambulatory | 63 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Ambulatory with mechanical assistance | 16 | 38 | 4 | 3 |
| Ambulatory with human assistance | 1 | 1 | 9 | 1 |
| Nonambulatory | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
Note: Numbers of concordant evaluations between those made by the doctors and the caregivers are given in bold.
Abbreviation: BRASS, Blaylock Risk Assessment Screening Score.