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Table 3 Descriptive statistics of care home residents in study sample (n = 679)

From: Construct validity of measures of care home resident quality of life: cross-sectional analysis using data from a pilot minimum data set in England

  

n (% missing)

Value

Resident-level characteristics

   

ASCOT Proxy-Resident: mean (s.d.)

 

454 (33.1)

0.831 (0.188)

ICECAP-O: mean (s.d.)

 

527 (22.4)

0.738 (0.202)

EQ-5D-5L Proxy 2: mean (s.d)

 

584 (14.0)

0.342 (0.354)

Age

 

675 (0.6)

 

65–79

 

135

20.0%

80–89

 

306

45.3%

90+

 

234

34.7%

Sex

 

679 (0.0)

 

Female

 

483

71.1%

Male

 

196

28.9%

Length of stay

 

679 (0.0)

 

Length of stay: < 3 years

 

497

73.2%

Length of stay: >=3 years

 

182

26.8%

Functional independence (Barthel index)

 

520 (23.4)

 

Yes ( > = 65)

 

156

30.0%

No (< 65)

 

364

70.0%

Delirium (IAGeD)

 

535 (21.2)

 

No ( < = 3)

 

478

89.3%

Yes (> 3)

 

57

10.7%

Cognitive impairment (MDSCPS)

 

567 (16.5)

 

Intact (0)

 

108

19.0%

Borderline intact/Mild (1/2)

 

134

23.6%

Moderate/Moderately severe (3/4)

 

181

31.9%

Severe/Very severe (5/6)

 

144

25.4%

Comorbidities (Elixhauser)

 

545 (19.7)

 

No (0/1)

 

104

19.1%

Yes (2+)

 

441

80.9%

Potential avoidable emergency hospital admission (last 12 months)

 

679 (0.0)

 

No

 

568

83.7%

Yes

 

111

16.3%

Care-home level characteristics

   

Type

 

679 (0.0)

 

Residential home

 

327

48.2%

Nursing home

 

352

51.8%

Quality rating

 

679 (0.0)

 

‘Requires improvement’

 

111

16.3%

‘Good’

 

497

73.2%

‘Outstanding’

 

71

10.5%

Size (number of beds): mean (s.d.)

 

679 (0.0)

54.3 (16.65)

Occupancy rate (%): mean (s.d.)

 

639 (5.9)

88.0 (13.04)

Self-funding rate (%): mean (s.d.)

 

594 (12.5)

49.0 (27.76)

  1. Notes: s.d. = Standard deviation. Residents are from n = 34 care homes