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Table 2 Characteristics of nursing home residents at baseline

From: Improved participation of older people with joint contractures living in nursing homes: feasibility of study procedures in a cluster-randomised pilot trial

 

Intervention group

(n = 64)

Control group

(n = 65)

Total

(n = 129)

Age, years, mean (SD)

86.1 (6.3)

85.2 (7.7)

85.7 (7.0)

Women, n (%)

49 (76.6)

54 (83.1)

103 (79.8)

Localisation of joint contracture, n (%)

 Upper extremity

11 (17.5)

7 (10.9)

18 (14.2)

 Lower extremity

16 (25.4)

13 (20.3)

29 (22.8)

 Both

36 (57.1)

45 (68.8)

81 (63)

Levels of care dependency a, n (%)

 None

1 (1.6)

0 (0)

1 (0.8)

 Low

0 (0)

2 (3.1)

2 (1.6)

 Considerable

23 (35.9)

18 (27.7)

41 (31.8)

 Severe

24 (37.5)

27 (41.5)

51 (39.5)

 Most severe

16 (25.0)

18 (27.7)

34 (26.4)

DSS, mean (SD)

4.69 (5.0)

5.46 (4.3)

5.09 (4.6)

Type of interview, n (%)

 Self-rated

35 (55.6)

28 (43.1)

63 (49.2)

 Proxy-rated

28 (44.4)

37 (56.9)

65 (50.8)

  1. Missing values: localisation of joint contracture (n = 1); Dementia Screening Scale (DSS) (n = 2); type of interview (n = 1);
  2. aFor the description of the functional and cognitive status, we used levels of care dependency as assessed by expert raters from the medical service of the German statutory health insurance system