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Table 1 Cohort characteristics at the time of admission

From: A prediction model to identify hospitalised, older adults with reduced physical performance

    

Admission characteristics by outcome status at follow-up

  

All participants (n = 117)

30s–CST >8 (n = 41)

30s–CST ≤8 (n = 76)

Self-reported information

n

%

N

%

n

%

Living arrangement

Alone

66

56

22

54

44

58

 

Cohabition

50

43

19

46

31

41

 

Nursing home

1

1

  

1

1

Education

No vocational education

49

42

17

41

32

42

 

Vocational or short-term training

53

45

13

32

40

53

 

Medium/long/other education

15

13

11

27

4

5

Physical performance measures

median

IQR

median

IQR

median

IQR

30s–CSTa

 

0

(0–5)

5

(0–7)

0

(0–2)

DEMMIb

 

44

(33–62)

62

(39–67)

41

(27–53)

Cognitive level

median

IQR

median

IQR

median

IQR

OMCc (n = 104)

 

24

(20–26)

24

(22–28)

23

(18–26)

Basic Mobility

n

%

N

%

n

%

Unable to rise with hands crossed against the chest

48

41

28

68

20

26

Unable to walk independently

50

42

12

29

38

50

Able to walk with walking aid

32

27

8

20

24

32

Able to walk without walking aid

35

30

21

21

14

18

Extracted information

n

%

N

%

n

%

Discharged from ED to home

51

44

19

46

32

42

Discharged from another department

66

56

22

54

44

58

Presenting complaintsd

respiratory disorder

20

23

7

23

13

23

All participants (n = 87)

fever

16

18

7

23

9

16

30s–CST > 8 (n = 31)

nonspecific illness

13

15

4

13

9

16

30s–CST ≤ 8 (n = 56)

emergency track

12

14

5

16

7

13

 

diarrhoea and/or vomiting due to infection

5

6

2

6

3

5

 

extremity pain

3

4

  

3

5

 

pain or disease in urinary tract

3

4

2

6

1

2

 

dizziness

3

4

  

3

5

 

chest pain

2

2

  

2

4

 

head pain

2

2

2

6

  
 

others, including falls

8

9

2

6

6

11

  1. a 30-s Chair-Stand Test, b De Morton Mobility Index (0–100), c Orientation-Memory-Concentration Test (0–28)
  2. d Presenting complaints were extracted from a central database, these depend on doctor’s report