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Table 3 Entry to long-term care by baseline characteristics, unadjusted comparisons

From: Predictive factors for entry to long-term residential care in octogenarian Māori and non-Māori in New Zealand, LiLACS NZ cohort

 

All Participants

Māori

non-Māori

no LTC

n = 582

LTC

n = 278

P value

no LTC

n = 304

LTC

n = 87

P value

no LTC

n = 278

LTC

n = 191

P value

Ethnicity, n (%)

 Māori

304 (52)

87 (31)

< 0.001

304 (100)

87 (100)

 

–

–

–

 Non-Māori

278 (48)

191 (69)

 

–

–

 

278 (100)

191 (100)

Age, mean (SD)

83.4 (2.2)

84.2 (1.8)

< 0.001

82.4 (2.6)

83.2 (2.9)

0.01

84.6 (0.5)

84.6 (0.5)

0.44

Gender, n (%)

 Women

318 (55)

154 (55)

0.83

175 (58)

48 (55)

0.69

143 (51)

106 (55)

0.39

 Men

264 (45)

124 (45)

 

129 (42)

39 (45)

 

135 (49)

85 (45)

Marital status, n (%)

 Not-married

350 (60)

184 (66)

0.09

204 (67)

61 (70)

0.60

146 (53)

123 (64)

0.01

 Married

232 (40)

94 (34)

 

100 (33)

26 (30)

 

132 (47)

68 (36)

Living situation, n (%)

 Alone

183 (31)

115 (41)

0.001

78 (26)

31 (36)

0.16

105 (38)

84 (44)

0.001

 With others

259 (45)

89 (32)

 

127 (42)

29 (33)

 

132 (47)

60 (31)

 Unknown (Core)a

140 (24)

74 (27)

 

99 (33)

27 (31)

 

41 (15)

47 (25)

Self-rated health, n (%)

 Poor/fair

96 (16)

82 (29)

< 0.001

56 (18)

27 (31)

0.04

40 (144)

55 (29)

< 0.001

 Good

218 (37)

95 (34)

 

113 (37)

28 (32)

 

105 (38)

67 (35)

 Very good/excellent

268 (46)

101 (36)

 

135 (44)

32 (37)

 

133 (48)

69 (36)

Depressive symptoms, n (%)

 Yes

147 (25)

99 (36)

0.002

97 (32)

39 (45)

0.03

50 (18)

60 (31)

< 0.001

 No

435 (75)

179 (64)

 

207 (68)

48 (55)

 

228 (82)

131 (69)

No. of falls in last 12 months, n (%)

 2+ falls

91 (16)

67 (24)

0.003

49 (16)

19 (22)

0.21

42 (15)

48 (25)

0.007

 0,1 fall

491 (84)

211 (76)

 

255 (84)

68 (78)

 

236 (85)

143 (75)

ADLs, mean (SD)

1.21 (1.85)

1.82 (2.08)

< 0.001

1.45 (2.33)

2.03 (2.38)

0.04

0.96 (1.04)

1.72 (1.93)

< 0.001

  1. Note: Participants in LTC at baseline interview (n = 77) are excluded. Continuous variables are reported as mean (SD); categorical variables are reported as n (%). Depressive symptoms is indicated if Geriatric Depression Scale score ≥ 5 or where participant reports feeling depressed recently. ADLs is a count of 11 tasks participants did not perform independently from the Nottingham Extended Activities of Daily Living scale. P < 0.05 is indicated in bold. SD = standard deviation
  2. a The relationship between completing the LiLACS NZ core questionnaire and LTC entry is examined as a variable in living situation because participants who completed a core questionnaire had missing data about living situation
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