Exploring the prevalence and variance of cognitive impairment, pain, neuropsychiatric symptoms and ADL dependency among persons living in nursing homes; a cross-sectional study

Table 3 Differences in prevalence of pain and neuropsychiatric symptoms by resident characteristics, type of unit and resident length of stay

Characteristics, % (n)	Pain	p	E.S.	One or more NPS	p	E.S.
Sex
Male	45.5 (634)	0.038	0.032	91.8 (1371)	0.839	0.004
Female	49.0 (1448)	0.038	0.032	92.1 (2895)	0.839	0.004
Cognitive function
Intact	31.0 (407)	<0.001	0.237	83.8 (1134)	<0.001	0.195
Impaired	56.2 (1475)	<0.001	0.237	95.3 (2650)	<0.001	0.195
ADL capacity
Independent	35.7 (642)	<0.001	0.213	88.7 (1676)	<0.001	0.096
Dependent	57.2 (1335)	<0.001	0.213	94.1 (2332)	<0.001	0.096
Type of unit
General	44.4 (1191)	<0.001	0.093	89.7 (2547)	<0.001	0.102
SCU	54.0 (871)	<0.001	0.093	95.4 (1657)	<0.001	0.102
Length of stay, median split
Short	43.9 (693)	0.001	0.059	90.9 (1507)	0.075	0.032
Long	49.7 (785)	0.001	0.059	92.7 (1537)	0.075	0.032

Bold text indicates statistically significant differences (p <0.01) with effect size (E.S) of, φ >0.1. NPS neuropsychiatric symptoms, Short <21.5 months, Long >21.5 months

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