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Table 1 Demographic information for participants included in analysis.

From: Response shift, recall bias and their effect on measuring change in health-related quality of life amongst older hospital patients

 

Hospitalised older adults

(n = 103)

Datasets complete and included in analysis (% of total)

101 (98.1%)

Length of stay in days - median (IQR)

38 (20-60)

Age - mean (sd)

73.3 (11.2)

Female - number (% of those patients included in analysis)

48 (47.5%)

Baseline health-related quality of life (EQ-5D utility) - mean (sd)

0.368 (0.338)

Baseline health-related quality of life (EQ-5D VAS) - mean (sd)

63.2 (17.1)

Perception of baseline at discharge (EQ-5D utility then test) - mean (sd)*

0.215 (0.406)

Perception of baseline at discharge (EQ-5D VAS then test) - mean (sd)*

45.7 (21.0)

Recall of baseline response (EQ-5D utility recall test) - mean (sd)*

0.231 (0.405)

Recall of baseline response (EQ-5D VAS recall test) - mean (sd)*

47.5 (20.3)

Discharge health-related quality of life (EQ-5D utility) - mean (sd)*

0.656 (0.240)

Discharge health-related quality of life (EQ-5D VAS) - mean (sd)*

72.5 (16.7)

  1. * Collected at the discharge assessment