From: Reliability of mobility measures in older medical patients with cognitive impairment
Characteristic | Value |
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Age, years | 82 ± 7 (71–97) |
Gender: male/female, n (%) | 29/36 (45/55) |
Pre-clinical living situation: home alone/home with family or relatives/ institutionalized, n (%) | 34/29/2 (52/45/3) |
Time between admission and assessment, days | 2.9 ± 1.2 (1–5) |
Total length of stay on the acute ward, days | 19 ± 10 (7–64) |
Primary diagnosis according to ICD-10 categories | |
 IX Circulatory, n (%) | 11 (17) |
 X Respiratory, n (%) | 5 (8) |
 XIII Musculoskeletal, n (%) | 5 (8) |
 XVIII Symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified, n (%) | 7 (11) |
 XIX Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes | 24 (37) |
 Other, n (%) | 13 (20) |
Potential reasons for a cognitive impairment reported in the medical chart (diagnosis, symptom, medical sign; double-counts due to multi-morbidity) | |
 None reported, n (%) | 21 (32) |
 Alzheimer’s dementia, n (%) | 3 (5) |
 Vascular dementia, n (%) | 6 (9) |
 Dementia, not specified, n (%) | 15 (23) |
 Parkinson’s disease, n (%) | 4 (6) |
 Stroke, n (%) | 8 (12) |
 Depression, n (%) | 15 (23) |
 Delir, n (%) | 11 (17) |
 Other (psychosis, alcohol abuse), n (%) | 3 (5) |
In-hospital walking aid | |
 Wheeled-walker/rollator, n (%) | 23 (35) |
 None, n (%) | 7 (11) |
 Cane/single crutch, n (%) | 7 (11) |
 Other, n (%) | 2 (3) |
 Non-ambulatory (wheelchair), n (%) | 26 (40) |
Ambulation | |
 Independent walkers (FAC ≥ 4), n (%) | 27 (42) |
 Not ambulatory or dependent walkers (FAC ≤ 3), n (%) | 38 (58) |
Barthel Index, 0–100 points | |
 Valid/missing, n (%) | 64/1 (98/2) |
 Mean score, points (n = 148) | 45 ± 24 (0–90) |
Mini Mental State Examination, 0–30 points | |
 Severe cognitive impairment, 0–9 points, n (%) | 0 (0) |
 Moderate cognitive impairment, 10–18 points, n (%) | 19 (29) |
 Mild cognitive impairment, 19–24 points, n (%) | 46 (71) |
 Mean score, points | 20 ± 4 (10–24) |
 Median score, points | 21 (18–23) |
Clock Drawing Test, 1–6 points | |
 Unsuspicious: 1–2 points, n (%) | 8 (12) |
 Suspicious: 3–6 points, n (%) | 40 (62) |
 Missing/not possible, n (%) | 17 (26) |
 Mean score, points (n = 122) | 4.0 ± 1.3 (1–6) |
Geriatric Depression Scale short form, 0–15 points | |
 Normal: 0–4 points, n (%) | 30 (46) |
 Mildly depressive: 5–8 points, n (%) | 17 (26) |
 Moderately depressive: 9–11 points, n (%) | 8 (12) |
 Severely depressive: 12–15 points, n (%) | 4 (6) |
 Missing/not possible, n (%) | 1/5 (2/8) |
 Mean score, points (n = 59) | 5 ± 3 (0–13) |