Longitudinal construct validity of the minimum data set health status index

Table 1 Characteristics of participants in the study

Patient characteristics	No. (%)
Patient characteristics	n = 25,182
Demographic Characteristics
Age (Mean ± SD)	77.91 ± (13.54)
Sex (F)	16,512 (65.6%)
Lives Alone	8846 (35.1%)
Health Characteristics
ADL Impairment^a	11,436 (45.4%)
Cognitive Impairment^b	15,431 (60.9%)
Dyspnea	6440 (25.6%)
Poor Self-Reported Health	4806 (19.1%)
Fall in last 90 Days	10,447 (41.5%)
Mood Symptoms^c	9831 (39.0%)
Wandering	521 (2.1%)
Aggressive Behaviour^d	1920 (7.6%)
Weight Loss^e	2098(8.3%)
Number of Medications (Mean ± SD)	7.41 ± (2.30)
Informal Caregiver Status
Caregiver express distress^f	4568 (18.1%)
Information Care Hours per Day (Mean ± SD)	2.67 ± (2.99)
Diagnoses
Cardiovascular	12,629 (50.2%)
Dementia	5628 (22.3%)
Neurological	2526 (10.0%)
Musculoskeletal	16,662 (66.2%)
Psychiatric	4591 (18.2%)
Cancer	2818 (11.2%)
Diabetes	6542 (26.0%)
COPD	4379 (17.4%)
Count of Chronic Conditions^g
0	888 (3.5%)
1	3249 (12.9%)
2	5629 (22.4%)
3	6395 (25.4%)
4	4675 (18.6%)
5	2639 (10.5%)
6	1145 (4.6%)
7+	562 (2.2%)

^a ADL Hierarchy Scale > 0
^b Cognitive Performance Scale > 0
^c Depression Rating Scale > 0
^d Verbal abuse, physical abuse, socially inappropriate behaviour, or resistance to care in last 3 days
^e Unintended weight loss of 5% or more in the last 30 days or 10% or more in the last 180 days
^f Caregiver expresses feelings of distress, anger, or depression
^g Includes: Stroke, congestive heart failure, coronary artery disease, hypertension, dementia, Parkinson’s disease, multiple sclerosis, arthritis, osteoporosis, psychiatric diagnosis, cancer, diabetes, emphysema, and renal failure