Table 2.
Demographic and Facility Stay Characteristics of Dying Facility Residents in Six European countries: (N = 1384)
| BE N = 291 N(%) | NL N = 222 N(%) | UK N = 91 N(%) | FI N = 269 N(%) | IT N = 200 N(%) | PL N = 311 N(%) | P-value* | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age - yra | |||||||
| Mean (SD) years old at time of death | 87 (7) | 86 (9) | 87 (9) | 85 (9) | 86 (8) | 81 (11) | < 0.001 |
| Sexa | |||||||
| Female | 174 (64.0) | 132 (66.7) | 66 (75.0) | 169 (64.3) | 136 (68.3) | 195 (63.5) | 0.387 |
| Male | 98 (36.0) | 66 (33.3) | 22 (25.0) | 94 (35.7) | 63 (31.7) | 112 (36.5) | |
| Type of ownership of facilitya | |||||||
| Public-nonprofit | 135 (48.9) | 211 (100.0) | 2 (2.2) | 211 (80.2) | 66 (34.9) | 201 (65.0) | < 0.001 |
| Private-nonprofit | 124 (44.9) | NA | 10 (11.0) | 24 (9.1) | 44 (23.3) | 104 (33.7) | |
| Private-profit | 17 (6.2) | NA | 79 (86.8) | 28 (10.6) | 79 (41.8) | 4 (1.3) | |
| Size of facilitya | |||||||
| Mean (SD) number of beds | 126 (50) | 124 (64) | 41 (23) | 41 (30) | 101 (50) | 72 (41) | < 0.001 |
| Residency before admission to facilitya | |||||||
| Own home (living alone or with family or others) | 100 (41.8) | 99 (57.9) | 43 (50.6) | 77 (30.0) | 95 (49.7) | 153 (49.8) | < 0.001 |
| General hospital (e.g. acute care hospital) | 76 (31.8) | 15 (8.8) | 22 (25.9) | 85 (33.1) | 32 (16.8) | 105 (34.2) | |
| Other facility | 32 (13.4) | 32 (18.7) | 18 (21.2) | 72 (28.0) | 32 (16.8) | 35 (11.4) | |
| Other residency (e.g. psychiatric or rehabilitation hospital) | 31 (13.0) | 14.6) | 2 (2.4) | 23 (8.9) | 32 (16.8) | 14 (4.6) | |
| Length of staya | |||||||
| Median (min-max) number of days | 745 (2–9706) | 710 (1–6290) | 600 (2–4952) | 581 (1–9218) | 416 (2–10,171) | 145 (1–12,365) | < 0.05 |
| Type of ward at time of deatha | |||||||
| Ward for residents with dementia | 104 (38.1) | 94 (47.5) | 29 (33.3) | 115 (43.7) | 74 (37.9) | 56 (18.4) | < 0.01 |
| Ward not specifically for dementia | 169 (61.9) | 104 (52.5) | 58 (66.7) | 148 (56.3) | 121 (62.1) | 249 (81.6) | |
| Place of Deatha | |||||||
| Facility | 226 (82.2) | 176 (89.3) | 71 (81.6) | 224 (84.8) | 170 (86.7) | 248 (80.0) | 0.922 |
| Other (e.g. hospital) | 49 (17.8) | 21 (10.7) | 16 (18.4) | 40 (15.2) | 26 (13.3) | 62 (20.0) | |
Missing values age = 13, sex = 13, type = 0, ownership = 6 size = 60, admission from = 145, length of stay = 36, type of ward dementia = 19, place of death = 11. Percentages may not always add up to 100 because of rounding
*Generalised linear mixed model reporting p-value for country as a fixed effect, α = 0.05. Significant results in bold
aReported by administrator/manager of facility. For 44 out of 1384 residents no questionnaire was returned by the administrator/manager of facility; these are not included as missing values below.