Table 1 Characteristics of study sample at baseline (N=932)
Demographic | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
Previous length of stay (days) | Mean (SD) | 928.9 | (910.1) |
Women | N (%) | 686 | (73.6) |
Age (year) | Mean (SD) | 84.5 | (7.5) |
Single as marital status | N (%) | 714 | (79.4) |
Ten years of school or less | N (%) | 673 | (74.1) |
Information on somatic health | |||
Co-morbidity index1 | Mean (SD) | 1.8 | (1.3) |
Severely impaired hearing | N (%) | 126 | (13.6) |
Severely impaired vision | N (%) | 139 | (14.9) |
Cognitive functioning | |||
CDR sum of boxes | Mean (SD) | 13.1 | (4.0) |
Behavioral and psychological sub-syndromes of dementia (12-item NPI) | |||
Agitation | Mean (SD) | 6.5 | (8.2) |
Psychosis | Mean (SD) | 3.2 | (5.4) |
Affective | Mean (SD) | 3.7 | (5.4) |
Apathy | Mean (SD) | 2.4 | (3.8) |
Psychotropic medication 2 | |||
Antipsychotics | N (%) | 241 | (25.9) |
Antidepressants | N (%) | 364 | (39.1) |
Anxiolytics | N (%) | 221 | (23.7) |
Sedatives | N (%) | 245 | (26.3) |
Antidementia | N (%) | 126 | (13.5) |