Table 2.
Descriptive statistics of PLWH newly admitted to Nursing Homes (NHs) from 2011–2013 compared to historical data on PLWH newly admitted to NHs from 1998–2000 (Buchanan, Wang, & Huang, 2002).
| 2011–2013 (N = 4,031) |
1998–2000 (N = 5,115) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N or M(SE) or Median | % | N or M(SE) or Median | % | X2/t value | p-value | ||
| Demographics | |||||||
| Gender | |||||||
| Male | 2,876 | 71.3 | 3,550 | 69.4 | 4.07 | .0435 | |
| Female | 1,155 | 28.7 | 1,565 | 30.6 | |||
| Age Groups | |||||||
| ≤30 | 36 | 0.9 | 327 | 6.4 | 2,947.42 | <.0001 | |
| 31–40 | 155 | 3.8 | 1,606 | 31.4 | |||
| 41–50 | 661 | 16.4 | 1,923 | 37.6 | |||
| 51–60 | 1,232 | 30.6 | 772 | 15.1 | |||
| 61–70 | 1,121 | 27.8 | 276 | 5.4 | |||
| 71–80 | 567 | 14.1 | 118 | 2.3 | |||
| ≥81 | 259 | 6.4 | 93 | 1.8 | |||
| Race/Ethnicity | |||||||
| Black/African American | 2,047 | 50.8 | 3,033 | 59.3 | 308.93 | <.0001 | |
| Non-Hispanic White | 1,508 | 37.4 | 1,202 | 23.5 | |||
| Hispanic | 366 | 9.1 | 824 | 16.1 | |||
| Other | 110 | 2.7 | 44 | 0.9 | |||
| Marital Status | |||||||
| Never Married | 2,148 | 53.3 | 3,366 | 65.8 | 434.10 | <.0001 | |
| Married | 531 | 13.2 | 506 | 9.9 | |||
| Widowed | 411 | 10.2 | 338 | 6.6 | |||
| Separated | 130 | 3.2 | 307 | 6.0 | |||
| Divorced | 603 | 15.0 | 598 | 11.7 | |||
| Unknown | 208 | 5.2 | 0 | 0.0 | |||
| Admitted to NH from | |||||||
| Acute Hospital | 3,741 | 92.8 | 3,984 | 77.9 | 382.36 | <.0001 | |
| Community (Private home/apt., Board/care, Assisted living, Group home) | 140 | 3.5 | 532 | 10.4 | |||
| Other | 150 | 3.7 | 599 | 11.7 | |||
| Physical Health | |||||||
| Continence: Bladder | |||||||
| Continent | 2,128 | 52.8 | 3,796 | 74.2 | 1,129.84 | <.0001 | |
| Occasionally incontinent | 703 | 17.4 | 220 | 4.3 | |||
| Frequently incontinent | 554 | 13.7 | 291 | 5.7 | |||
| Incontinent | 361 | 9.0 | 803 | 15.7 | |||
| Not assessed | 285 | 7.1 | 5 | 0.1 | |||
| Continence: Bowel | |||||||
| Continent | 2,450 | 60.8 | 3,667 | 71.7 | 621.06 | <.0001 | |
| Occasionally incontinent | 405 | 10.0 | 189 | 3.7 | |||
| Frequently incontinent | 559 | 13.9 | 225 | 4.4 | |||
| Incontinent | 515 | 12.8 | 1,028 | 20.1 | |||
| Not assessed | 120 | 3.0 | 6 | 0.1 | |||
| Active Diagnoses | |||||||
| Tuberculosis | 9 | 0.2 | 210 | 4.1 | 145.38 | <.0001 | |
| Septicemia | 101 | 2.5 | 246 | 4.8 | 32.78 | <.0001 | |
| Wound infection | 139 | 3.4 | 215 | 4.2 | 3.45 | .0631 | |
| Urinary tract infection | 349 | 8.7 | 332 | 6.5 | 15.36 | <.0001 | |
| Cancer | 411 | 10.2 | 373 | 7.3 | 24.25 | <.0001 | |
| Pneumonia | 442 | 11.0 | 696 | 13.6 | 14.44 | .0001 | |
| Viral Hepatitis | 655 | 16.2 | 384 | 7.5 | 232.53 | <.0001 | |
| Anemia | 1,253 | 31.1 | 1,284 | 25.1 | 40.24 | <.0001 | |
| Mental Health | |||||||
| Active Diagnoses | |||||||
| Schizophrenia | 213 | 5.3 | 276 | 5.4 | 0.06 | .8134 | |
| Dementia other | 350 | 8.7 | 1,074 | 21.0 | 260.06 | <.0001 | |
| Anxiety disorder | 685 | 17.0 | 327 | 6.4 | 257.42 | <.0001 | |
| Depression | 1,340 | 33.2 | 1,059 | 20.7 | 183.17 | <.0001 | |
Note: Bolded p-values indicate significant differences between the current and historical study, at the α = 0.05 level. X2 values are provided for categorical comparisons. T-test values are provided for continuous variable comparisons. SE=standard error.