Table 2 Variables to characterize the population of the study
Topic | Variable | Source | Type of variable |
|---|---|---|---|
General information | Civil status | InterRAI HC | Qualitative |
| Â | Age | InterRAI HC and IMA | Continuous |
| Â | Gender | InterRAI HC and IMA | Dichotomic |
Quality of Life | WHOQOL items score | WHOQOL-8 | Continuous |
Socio-economic status | Financial difficulties | InterRAI HC | Dichotomic |
Primary caregiver’s burden | Zarit Burden score | ZBI-12 | Continuous |
Functional status | Katz score | IMA | Qualitative |
| Â | interRAI ADL hierarchy scale | InterRAI HC | Ordinal (0 to 6) |
| Â | interRAI IADL scales | InterRAI HC | Ordinal (0 to 48) |
| Â | interRAI Communication scale | InterRAI HC | Ordinal (0 to 8) |
| Â | interRAI CPS2 scale | InterRAI HC | Ordinal (0 to 6) |
| Â | interRAI DRS scale | InterRAI HC | Ordinal (0-14) |