Table 5 Distribution of background characteristics by delirium and mood disturbance cognition/mental health CAPs of clients receiving palliative home care services 2006–2011, Ontario, Canada (N = 6,769).
| Â | Delirium | Mood disturbance | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Not triggered % (N) | Trigger level 1% (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 | 91.3 (240) | 8.8 (23) | 12.9 (8) | 0.02 | 63.4 (156) | 14.2 (35) | 22.4 (55) | 45.2 (8) | <.0001 |
45-64 | 86.8 (1,601) | 13.2 (244) | Â | Â | 61.4 (1,105) | 17.5 (315) | 21.2 (381) | Â | Â |
65-74 | 86.1 (1,348) | 13.9 (217) | Â | Â | 63.8 (953) | 18.0 (269) | 18.2 (272) | Â | Â |
75-84 | 87.1 (1,540) | 12.9 (228) | Â | Â | 68.1 (1,161) | 16.2 (276) | 15.7 (267) | Â | Â |
85 + | 83.1 (580) | 16.9 (118) | Â | Â | 71.7 (492) | 16.0 (110) | 12.2 (84) | Â | Â |
Gender | |||||||||
Male | 86.0 (2,567) | 14.0 (417) | 1.3 (2) | 0.25 | 66.1 (1,904) | 16.6 (479) | 17.2 (496) | 2.2 (2) | 0.33 |
Female | 87.0 (2,706) | 13.0 (403) | Â | Â | 64.3 (1,933) | 17.4 (522) | 18.3 (551) | Â | Â |
Estimated prognosis | |||||||||
Death Imminent | 30.5 (25) | 69.5 (57) | 510.5 (6) | <.0001 | 65.1 (54) | 19.3 (16) | 15.7 (13) | 73.3 (6) | <.0001 |
Less than 6Â weeks | 62.1 (267) | 37.9 (163) | Â | Â | 51.3 (205) | 18.5 (74) | 30.3 (121) | Â | Â |
6Â weeks to 6Â months | 85.5 (2,171) | 14.5 (368) | Â | Â | 62.1 (1,492) | 18.3 (440) | 19.6 (470) | Â | Â |
Greater than 6Â months | 93.3 (2,036) | 6.7 (146) | Â | Â | 69.6 (1,490) | 15.3 (328) | 15.1 (324) | Â | Â |
Geographic location | |||||||||
Site 1 | 79.6 (214) | 20.5 (55) | 85.1 (10) | <.0001 | 62.3 (167) | 15.3 (41) | 22.4 (60) | 34.9 (10) | 0.0001 |
Site 2 | 89.1 (3,560) | 10.9 (437) | Â | Â | 66.9 (2,666) | 17.2 (684) | 16.0 (638) | Â | Â |
Site 3 | 81.6 (791) | 18.5 (179) | Â | Â | 62.0 (591) | 15.3 (146) | 22.8 (217) | Â | Â |
Site 4 | 80.9 (402) | 19.1 (95) | Â | Â | 62.9 (251) | 18.3 (73) | 18.8 (75) | Â | Â |
Site 5 | 93.6 (131) | 6.4 (9) | Â | Â | 61.1 (58) | 17.9 (17) | 21.1 (20) | Â | Â |
Site 6 | 79.3 (211) | 20.7 (55) | Â | Â | 59.0 (134) | 19.4 (44) | 21.6 (49) | Â | Â |
Diagnosis | |||||||||
Have cancer diagnosis | 88.0 (3,221) | 12.0 (438) | 42.5 (6) | <.0001 | 66.8 (2,336) | 16.2 (566) | 17.0 (595) | 31.4 (6) | <.0001 |
Have cancer and non-cancer diagnosis | 86.0 (1,482) | 14.0 (241) | Â | Â | 60.5 (1,017) | 18.4 (309) | 21.1 (355) | Â | Â |
Have non-cancer diagnosis only | 78.1 (449) | 21.9 (126) | Â | Â | 67.5 (382) | 18.7 (106) | 13.8 (78) | Â | Â |
Diagnosis unspecified | 86.3 (157) | 13.7 (25) | Â | Â | 70.6 (132) | 12.8 (24) | 16.6 (31) | Â | Â |