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Table 3 Distribution of background characteristics by pain and pressure ulcers clinical complexity CAPs of clients receiving palliative home care services 2006–2011, Ontario, Canada (N = 6,769)

From: Care planning needs of palliative home care clients: Development of the interRAI palliative care assessment clinical assessment protocols (CAPs)

 

Pain

Pressure ulcers

 

Not triggered % (N)

Trigger level 1% (N)

Trigger level 2% (N)

Chi-square (df)

p Value

Not triggered % (N)

Trigger level 1% (N)

Trigger level 2% (N)

Chi-square (df)

p Value

Age groups

18-44

47.4 (120)

20.6 (52)

32.0 (81)

156.7 (8)

<.0001

91.2 (239)

5.34 (14)

3.4 (9)

87.8 (8)

<.0001

45-64

51.9 (955)

23.1 (425)

25.0 (460)

  

91.6 (1,708)

3.9 (73)

4.5 (84)

  

65-74

59.9 (948)

21.2 (336)

18.8 (298)

  

89.4 (1,414)

5.6 (88)

5.1 (80)

  

75-84

67.4 (1,191)

16.2 (286)

16.3 (288)

  

88.3 (1,573)

8.0 (143)

3.7 (66)

  

85 +

70.8 (499)

16.1 (113)

13.1 (92)

  

83.3 (600)

13.3 (96)

3.3 (24)

  

Gender

Male

59.5 (1,775)

19.9 (593)

20.6 (614)

2.8 (2)

0.25

88.6 (2,684)

6.7 (204)

4.7 (141)

2.7 (2)

0.26

Female

61.4 (1,913)

19.5 (608)

19.1 (594)

  

89.6 (2,811)

6.6 (208)

3.8 (120)

  

Estimated prognosis

Death imminent

51.5 (51)

24.2 (24)

24.2 (24)

53.2 (6)

<.0001

76.0 (73)

22.9 (22)

1.0 (1)

139.4 (6)

<.0001

Less than 6 weeks

50.5 (218)

23.6 (102)

25.9 (112)

  

80.0 (348)

15.9 (69)

4.1 (18)

  

6 weeks to 6 months

57.3 (1,454)

22.1 (562)

20.6 (522)

  

87.9 (2,222)

7.5 (190)

4.6 (115)

  

Greater than 6 months

65.2 (1,424)

18.2 (398)

16.6 (363)

  

92.7 (2,022)

3.5 (76)

3.8 (83)

  

Geographic location

Site 1

50.2 (133)

23.8 (63)

26.1 (69)

195.2 (10)

<.0001

87.6 (232)

7.9 (21)

4.5 (12)

34.7 (10)

0.0001

Site 2

59.3 (2,382)

20.9 (838)

19.8 (795)

  

89.5 (3,653)

6.1 (248)

4.4 (181)

  

Site 3

77.1 (745)

10.0 (97)

12.9 (125)

  

87.5 (853)

9.6 (94)

2.9 (28)

  

Site 4

48.9 (244)

20.0 (100)

31.1 (155)

  

87.8 (430)

5.7 (28)

6.5 (32)

  

Site 5

58.4 (80)

24.8 (34)

16.8 (23)

  

88.2 (119)

8.9 (12)

3.0 (4)

  

Site 6

49.4 (129)

30.7 (80)

19.9 (52)

  

93.6 (247)

4.2 (11)

2.3 (6)

  

Diagnosis

Have cancer diagnosis

57.9 (2,124)

21.1 (774)

21.0 (772)

56.3 (6)

<.0001

91.0 (3,375)

4.5 (166)

4.6 (169)

215.9 (6)

<.0001

Have cancer & non-cancer diagnosis

61.7 (1,044)

18.5 (313)

19.8 (335)

  

90.0 (1,541)

6.3 (108)

3.7 (64)

  

Have Non-cancer diagnosis only

73.2 (429)

13.0 (76)

13.8 (81)

  

75.6 (445)

20.5 (121)

3.9 (23)

  

Diagnosis unspecified

59.2 (116)

25.0 (49)

15.8 (31)

  

86.9 (173)

9.6 (19)

3.5 (7)

  
  1. Note: df denotes degrees of freedom.