Table 1.
Demographic and clinical characteristics of older people receiving physician-led visits in Japan, 2013–16
| Total | Followed up | Lost to follow-up | |
|---|---|---|---|
| n = 825 | n = 738 | n = 87 | |
| Biomedical variables | |||
| Sex, n (%) | |||
| Female | 456 (55) | 406 (55) | 50 (57) |
| Male | 369 (45) | 332 (45) | 37 (43) |
| Age, years, mean (SD) | 83.4 (7.9) | 83.2 (7.9) | 84.4 (7.3) |
| CCI, mean (SD) | 2.7 (2.3) | 2.8 (2.3) | 1.8 (1.6) |
| CCI, n (%) | |||
| 0–1 | 317 (39) | 272 (37) | 45 (52) |
| 2 | 167 (20) | 151 (21) | 16 (19) |
| 3–4 | 180 (22) | 158 (22) | 22 (26) |
| ≥ 5 | 151 (19) | 148 (20) | 3 (3) |
| Data missing | 10 | 9 | 1 |
| Serum albumin level, mean (SD) | 3.5 (0.7) | 3.5 (0.7) | 3.7 (0.5) |
| Serum albumin level, n (%) | |||
| 0–3 | 207 (27) | 198 (29) | 9 (11) |
| 3.1–3.5 | 202 (26) | 177 (26) | 25 (30) |
| 3.6–3.9 | 154 (20) | 137 (20) | 17 (21) |
| ≥ 4 | 207 (27) | 176 (26) | 31 (38) |
| Data missing | 55 | 50 | 5 |
| BI, mean (SD) | 55.4 (32.6) | 54.7 (32.8) | 62.0 (29.6) |
| BI, n (%) | |||
| 0–24 | 178 (22) | 166 (23) | 12 (14) |
| 25–59 | 205 (25) | 183 (25) | 22 (25) |
| 60–84 | 216 (26) | 191 (26) | 25 (29) |
| ≥ 85 | 220 (27) | 192 (26) | 28 (32) |
| Data missing | 6 | 6 | 0 |
| Number of medications, mean (SD) | 5.5 (3.7) | 5.5 (3.7) | 5.2 (3.7) |
| Opioids, n (%) | 28 (3) | 28 (4) | 0 (0) |
| Gastrostoma, n (%) | 10 (1) | 10 (1) | 0 (0) |
| Respiratory devices, n (%) | 4 (0) | 4 (1) | 0 (0) |
| Domiciliary oxygen therapy, n (%) | 50 (6) | 46 (6) | 4 (5) |
| Urinary catheter, n (%) | 39 (5) | 38 (5) | 1 (1) |
| Dialysis, n (%) | 3 (0) | 3 (0) | 0 (0) |
| Pressure ulcer treatment recipient, n (%) | 21 (3) | 17 (2) | 4 (5) |
| Psychological variables | |||
| CSDD, mean (SD) | 2.5 (2.8) | 2.6 (2.9) | 1.6 (2.1) |
| CSDD, n (%) | |||
| 0 | 313 (39) | 267 (37) | 46 (53) |
| 1–2 | 181 (23) | 164 (23) | 17 (20) |
| 3–4 | 130 (16) | 117 (16) | 13 (15) |
| ≥ 5 | 177 (22) | 167 (23) | 10 (12) |
| Data missing | 24 | 23 | 1 |
| MMSE-J, mean (SD) | 18.6 (7.7) | 18.5 (7.9) | 19.1 (5.7) |
| MMSE-J, n (%) | |||
| 0–14 | 173 (25) | 159 (26) | 14 (18) |
| 15–19 | 154 (22) | 133 (21) | 21 (27) |
| 20–23 | 167 (24) | 139 (22) | 28 (36) |
| ≥ 24 | 205 (29) | 190 (31) | 15 (19) |
| Data missing | 126 | 117 | 9 |
| Social variables | |||
| Nursing home, n (%) | 63 (8) | 56 (8) | 7 (8) |
| Public assistance recipient, n (%) | 115 (14) | 92 (12) | 23 (26) |
| Full-time caregiver, n (%) | 537 (65) | 501 (68) | 36 (41) |
| Living alone, n (%) | 193 (23) | 153 (21) | 40 (46) |
BI, Barthel index; CCI, Charlson comorbidity index; CSDD, cornell scale for depression in dementia; MMSE-J, mini-mental state examination-Japanese; SD, standard deviation.