Table 1 Patient sample characteristics - cohort comparison
Characteristic | Frequency (percent) * | p | |
|---|---|---|---|
Non-CL-group | CL-group | ||
Female | 75.0 | 73.6 | 0.816 |
Age (years; mean ± SD) | 81.3 ± 8.9 | 80.9 ± 7.6 | 0.715 |
Civil status | |||
living alone | 16.2 | 18.4 | |
married | 26.3 | 25.2 | |
divorced | 9.1 | 11.7 | |
separated | 1.0 | 0.0 | |
widowed | 47.5 | 44.7 | 0.806 |
Housing situation | |||
at the family’s/children’s place | 9.0 | 8.7 | |
nursing home | 22.0 | 19.4 | |
own apartment | 69.0 | 71.8 | 0.893 |
WONCA/COOP chart “daily activities” | |||
During the past two weeks … difficulty | |||
doing usual activities or tasks | |||
no difficulty at all | 12.0 | 7.7 | |
a little bit of difficulty | 13.0 | 12.5 | |
some difficulty | 32.0 | 26.9 | |
much difficulty | 36.0 | 38.5 | |
could not do | 7.0 | 14.4 | 0.397 |
WONCA/COOP chart “physical fitness” | … | ||
During the past 2 weeks … hardest | … | ||
physical activity for at least two | … | ||
minutes | … | ||
very heavy (e.g. fast running) | 3.0 | 3.8 | |
heavy (e.g. jogging) | 1.0 | 4.8 | |
moderate (e.g. fast walking) | 16.2 | 12.4 | |
light (e.g. normal walking) | 19.2 | 21.0 | |
very light (e.g. slow walking) | 49.5 | 50.5 | |
not able | 11.1 | 7.6 | 0.606 |
Depression screening positive | 34.3 | 43.8 | 0.166 |
Dementia screening positive | 16.7 | 10.6 | 0.208 |
BMI (mean ± SD) | 27.6 ± 6.0 | 28.1 ± 6.1 | 0.625 |
Number of drugs taken (mean ± SD) | 6.0 ± 2.5 | 6.6 ± 3.2 | 0.233 |
Number of diagnoses (mean ± SD) | 6.1 ± 2.2 | 7.0 ± 2.5 | 0.009 |