Table 1.
Baseline demographic and clinical characteristics of the derivation and validation samples
| Derivation Sample | Validation Samples | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ontario (n = 88,690) | Ontario (n = 38,013) | Manitoba (n = 2739) | Alberta (n = 1226) | British Columbia (n = 9568) | |
| Characteristic | % | % | % | % | % |
| Age (years) | |||||
| Less than 65 | 17 | 17 | 13 | 9 | 7 |
| 65–79 | 33 | 32 | 29 | 29 | 27 |
| 80 or older | 51 | 51 | 58 | 62 | 66 |
| Female | 65 | 65 | 64 | 62 | 62 |
| Living alone | 34 | 34 | 46 | 29 | 42 |
| Instrumental Activities of Daily Living Difficulty Scale (out of 6) | |||||
| Independent, Supervision or Limited Assistance (0 to 3) | 29 | 29 | 28 | 33 | 26 |
| Extensive or total assistance (4 to 6) | 71 | 71 | 72 | 67 | 74 |
| Activities of Daily Living Hierarchy (total 6) | |||||
| Independent, Supervision or Assistance (0 to 3) | 94 | 95 | 97 | 97 | 96 |
| Extensive or total assistance in eating or locomotion (4 to 6) | 6 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 4 |
| Cognitive Performance Scale (out of 6) | |||||
| Intact (0) | 47 | 47 | 31 | 25 | 18 |
| Borderline intact to moderate impairment (1 to 3) | 49 | 48 | 66 | 70 | 76 |
| Moderately severe to very severe (4 to 6) | 5 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 6 |
| Bladder Incontinence (Incontinent episodes ≥2 per week) | 24 | 24 | 20 | 19 | 24 |
| Unsteady gait | 53 | 53 | 42 | 42 | 51 |
| Conditions or diseases that make cognition, ADL, mood, or behaviour patterns unstable | 36 | 36 | 42 | 39 | 52 |
| Parkinsonism | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 |
| Poor self-rated health | 19 | 19 | 16 | 14 | 16 |
| Alzheimer’s or Dementia | 21 | 21 | 32 | 46 | 46 |
Percentages are rounded to the nearest integer