Table 1 Sample characteristics at baseline
Mean ± SD or N (%) | Baseline/discharge (N = 493) |
|---|---|
Age (years) | 62.9 ± 18.6 |
Sex (female) | 250 (51%) |
Marital status | Â |
Married/common-law | 209 (42.2%) |
Single/divorced/widowed | 286 (57.8%) |
Smoking status | Â |
Current | 118 (23.8%) |
Former | 218 (44.0%) |
Never | 159 (32.1%) |
Education level | Â |
< high school | 188 (38.0%) |
High school diploma | 78 (15.8%) |
> high school | 229 (46.3%) |
Employment status (retired) | 243 (49.1%) |
Total household income $CAD | Â |
< 80,000 | 337 (68.2%) |
≥ 80,000 | 90 (18.2%) |
Living situation (prior to admission) | Â |
Home without any support | 289 (53.4%) |
Home, informal caregiver | 90 (18.2%) |
Home, with homecare | 76 (15.4%) |
Home, with live-in caregiver | 3 (0.6%) |
Assisted living/lodge | 37 (7.5%) |
Ethnicity | Â |
White | 407 (82.2%) |
Other | 81 (16.3%) |
Reason for hospitalization | Â |
Heart failure | 50 (10.1%) |
Pneumonia/empyema/lung abscess | 49 (9.9%) |
Diabetes | 26 (5.3%) |
Urinary tract infection | 26 (5.3%) |
Venous thromboembolic disease (PE/DVT) | 26 (5.3%) |
Cellulitis/decubitus ulcers | 16 (3.2%) |
Sepsis | 12 (2.4%) |
ETOH or street drug intoxication/withdrawal | 12 (2.4%) |
Gastroenteritis/colitis | 12 (2.4%) |
Cancer | 11 (2.2%) |
Acute kidney injury | 11 (2.2%) |
Pancreatitis | 10 (2.0%) |
Other | 234 (52.7%) |
Number of comorbidities | 4.9 ± 2.8 |