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Table 5 Comparison of participants who completed the study (non-dropout) versus those who had died or were institutionalized or left the study (dropout)

From: Change in quality of life and potentially associated factors in patients receiving home-based primary care: a prospective cohort study

Items

Non-dropout

(N = 113)

Dropout (N = 71)

p value

Age, years (mean ± SD)

78.8 ± 11.0

82.1 ± 9.3

0.04

Gender, n (%)

 Male

69 (60.5%)

34 (48.6%)

0.11

 Female

45 (39.5%)

36 (51.4%)

 

BMI, kg/m2 (mean ± SD)

19.57 ± 4.02

19.45 ± 4.10

0.86

Household status, n (%)

 Alone

16 (14%)

6 (8.6%)

0.27

 Not alone

98 (86%)

64 (91.4%)

 

Marital status, n (%)

 Married

67 (59.8%)

38 (54.3%)

0.13

 Widow/Widower

32 (28.6%)

28 (40%)

 

 Divorced

6 (5.4%)

0

 

 Single

7 (6.3%)

4 (5.7%)

 

Economic status, n (%)

 With financial support

17 (15%)

12 (17.1%)

0.79

 Self-supporting

75 (66.4%)

43 (61.4%)

 

 Well-off

21 (18.6%)

15 (21.4%)

 

Visual acuity, n (%)

 Not impaired

93 (81.6%)

51 (72.9%)

0.16

 Impaired

21 (18.4%)

19 (27.1%)

 

Hearing ability, n (%)

 Not impaired

95 (83.3%)

58 (82.9%)

0.93

 Impaired

19 (16.7%)

12 (17.1%)

 

Communication, n (%)

 Not impaired

14 (12.6%)

14 (20.3%)

0.17

 Impaired

97 (87.4%)

55 (79.7%)

 

CCI score (mean ± SD)

3.0 ± 2.0

3.1 ± 2.7

0.86

Polypharmacy (≥6 medications), n (%)

 No

52 (45.6%)

39 (55.7%)

0.18

 Yes

62 (54.4%)

31 (44.3%)

 

Independence scale of the disabled elderly, n (%)

 Independence

14 (13.3%)

2 (2.9%)

0.06

 Pre-bedridden status

31 (29.5%)

22 (31.4%)

 

 Bedridden status

60 (57.1%)

46 (65.7%)

 

Barthel Index, score (mean ± SD)

50.1 ± 34.7

46 ± 34.3

0.44

Bedsore, n (%)

 No

98 (86.7%)

64 (91.4%)

0.33

 Yes

15 (13.3%)

6(8.6%)

 

Denture use

 No

38 (37.6%)

24 (35.3%)

0.76

 Yes

63 (62.4%)

44 (64.7%)

 

Feeding intake form

 Oral form

81 (82.7%)

49 (86%)

0.10

 Oral form plus tube feeding

5 (5.1%)

6 (10.5%)

 

 Tube feeding

12 (12.2%)

2 (3.5%)

 

Dysphagia Severity Scale, n (%)

 No dysphagia

87 (76.3%)

56 (80%)

0.56

 With dysphagia

27 (23.7%)

14 (20%)

 

MNA-SF, scores (mean ± SD)

8.0 ± 2.9

7.1 ± 3.1

0.07

Serum albumin level, g/dL (mean ± SD)

3.5 ± 0.6

3.4 ± 0.6

0.18

Baseline QOL score (self-perceived)

5.5 ± 2.7

6.0 ± 2.2

0.21

Baseline QOL score (family-reported)

5.4 ± 3

6.6 ± 1.4

< 0.01