Skip to main content

Table 1 Sample characteristics at T0; % of deceased and LTF individuals at T1 and T2 *

From: Health status transitions in community-living elderly with complex care needs: a latent class approach

  

Baseline

T1

T2

  

% (n = 1164)

Deceased

% (n = 134)

LTF

% (n = 232)§

Deceased

% (n = 242)

LTF

% (n = 446)

Age

Average (± SD)

82.2 (7.2)

83.7 (7.6)

82.2 (7.3)

84.3 (7.2)

82.1 (7.4)

 

64–74 yrs

16.1

12.7

15.9

9.5

16.1

 

75–84 yrs

43.8

35.8

41.4

38.8

42.0

 

>84 yrs

40.2

51.5

42.7

51.7

41.9

Gender

Female

70.9

56.0

73.3

57.4

74.0

 

Male

29.1

44.0

26.7

42.6

26.0

Marital status †

Married

33.2

40.6

34.3

40.8

30.4

 

Not married

66.8

59.4

65.7

59.2

69.6

Living arrangements

Lives alone

43.7

26.1

46.8

30.7

46.7

 

Not alone

56.6

73.9

53.2

69.3

53.3

Education

Primary

32.3

33.8

32.6

35.2

32.7

 

Secondary

48.6

44.9

47.3

47.0

48.8

 

Higher

19.1

21.3

20.1

17.8

18.5

Income sufficiency †

Sufficient

62.7

64.9

59.5

62.7

61.4

 

Not sufficient

37.3

35.1

40.5

37.3

38.6

Comorbidity

0

29.1

31.6

33.8

28.8

31.2

 

1–2

42.8

37.6

41.1

37.9

43.6

 

3+

28.1

12.6

25.1

33.3

25.2

SMAF c

Average (± SD)

-23.5 (12.0)

-29.0 (13.8)

-23.3 (11.7)

-27.9 (12.7)

-23.5 (12.5)

  1. * Statistical difference calculated using χ2 statistics for categorical variables and logistic regression for age and SMAF; values in bold are significantly different at p < 0.001.
  2. § Includes individuals who did not complete the interview (n = 88) at T1 but who did at T2.
  3. † Married includes having a common law spouse. Income sufficiency: Does your income currently satisfy your needs? Sufficient = very well or adequately; Not sufficient = with some difficulty, not very well or totally inadequate. SMAF: French acronym for Functional Autonomy Measurement System; a minimum score of -87 indicates the worst health state [48].