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Table 2 Summary of characteristics of included population (incident admissions admitted from private residence and discharged alive) (n = 5570)

From: Living at home after emergency hospital admission: prospective cohort study in older adults with and without cognitive spectrum disorder

 

No cognitive spectrum disorders

Any cognitive spectrum disorders

Cognitive spectrum disorders

Delirium alone

Known dementia alone

Delirium superimposed on known dementia

Unspecified cognitive impairment

No. (%)

No. (%)

No. (%)

No. (%)

No. (%)

No. (%)

N = 3903

N = 1667

N = 821

N = 335

N = 285

N = 226

(70.1%; 95%CI 68.9–71.3 of all patients)

(29.9%; 95%CI 28.8–31.1 of all patients)

(14.7%; 95%CI 13.8–15.7 of all patients)

(6.0%; 95%CI 5.4–6.7 of all patients)

(5.1%; 95%CI 4.6–5.7 of all patients)

(4.1%; 95%CI 3.6–4.6 of all patients)

Age

65–74 (n = 1777)

1454 (37.3)

323 (19.4)

207 (25.2)

47 (14.0)

31 (10.9)

38 (16.8)

75–84 (n = 2318)

1635 (41.9)

683 (41.0)

323 (39.3)

146 (43.6)

122 (42.8)

92 (40.7)

≥ 85 (n = 1475)

814 (20.9)

661 (39.7)

291 (35.4)

142 (42.3)

132 (46.3)

96 (42.5)

Sex

Women (n = 3138)

2143 (54.9)

995 (59.6)

473 (57.6)

207 (61.8)

182 (63.9)

133 (58.8)

Men (n = 2432)

1760 (45.1)

672 (40.3)

348 (42.4)

128 (38.2)

103 (36.1)

93 (41.2)

Deprivation SIMD quintilea

1 most deprived (n = 1151)

824 (21.1)

327 (19.6)

179 (21.8)

60 (17.9)

44 (15.4)

44 (19.5)

2 (n = 1473)

1013 (26.0)

460 (27.6)

233 (28.4)

81 (24.2)

71 (24.9)

75 (33.2)

3 (n = 1266)

884 (22.6)

382 (22.9)

178 (21.7)

94 (28.1)

61 (21.4)

49 (21.7)

4 (n = 853)

579 (14.8)

274 (16.4)

129 (15.7)

51 (15.2)

66 (23.2)

28 (12.4)

5 most affluent (n = 827)

603 (15.5)

224 (13.4)

102 (12.4)

49 (14.6)

43 (15.1)

30 (13.3)

Charlson Comorbidity Index (CCI)b

CCI 0 (n = 1424)

950 (24.3)

474 (28.4)

210 (25.6)

113 (33.7)

101 (35.4)

50 (22.1)

CCI 1 (n = 1496)

1082 (27.7)

414 (24.8)

209 (25.5)

85 (25.4)

56 (19.6)

64 (28.3)

CCI 2 to 5 (n = 2233)

1548 (39.7)

685 (41.1)

350 (42.6)

124 (37.0)

118 (41.4)

93 (41.2)

CCI ≥6 (n = 417)

323 (8.3)

94 (5.6)

52 (6.3)

13 (3.9)

10 (3.5)

19 (8.4)

No. of medications

0–5 (n = 1746)

1216 (31.2)

530 (31.8)

244 (29.7)

107 (31.9)

108(37.9)

71 (31.4)

6–10 (n = 2204)

1552 (39.8)

652 (39.1)

334 (40.7)

134 (40.0)

105 (36.8)

79 (35.0)

> 10 (n = 1620)

1135 (29.1)

485 (29.1)

243 (29.6)

94 (28.1)

72 (25.3)

76 (33.6)

Activities of daily living (ADL)c

Persistently high ADL (n = 1956)

1611 (62.3)

345 (24.7)

155 (24.7)

77 (28.5)

44 (15.9)

69 (31.4)

Changed ADL (n = 1341)

742 (28.7)

599 (43.0)

322 (51.4)

76 (28.1)

107 (38.6)

94 (42.7)

Persistently low ADL (n = 681)

231 (8.9)

450 (32.3)

150 (23.9)

117 (43.3)

126 (45.5)

57 (25.9)

Discharge destination

Private home (n = 5334)

3848 (98.6)

1486 (89.1)

769 (93.7)

299 (89.3)

210 (73.7)

208 (92.0)

New care home admission (n = 236)

55 (1.4)

181 (10.9)

52 (6.3)

36 (10.7)

75 (26.3)

18 (8.0)

  1. aSIMD quintile: Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation
  2. bCharlson Comorbidity Index groups based on ICD10 coding in SMR01 data, omitting dementia
  3. cActivities of daily living classification based on Katz Index score on admission and 3 months prior to admission; data available for 3978 (71%)