Table 1 Descriptive characteristics
From: Health- and social care in the last year of life among older adults in Sweden
Total sample N = 1518 | Living in assisted living facilities (n = 741) % (n) | Living in ordinary housing (n = 777) % (n) | Comparisons between living conditions p | Home help services n = 649% (n) | No Home help n = 869% (n) | Hospitalized n = 1061% (n) | Not hospitalized n = 457% (n) | Age | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Age mean (sd) | 85.94 (7.3) | 87.27 (6.89) | 84.27 (7.47) | < 0.001 | 85.20 (7.24) | 86.49 (7.32) | 84.96 (7.24) | 88.21 (6.96) | |
Men % (n) | 41.50 (630) | 35.36 (262) | 47.36 (368) | < 0.001 | 44.99 (292) | 38.89 (338) | 44.76 (475) | 33.92 (155) | 84.11 (6.96) |
Women % (n) | 58.50 (888) | 64.64 (479) | 52.64 (409) | < 0.001 | 55.01 (357) | 61.11 (531) | 55.23 (586) | 66.08 (302) | 86.74 (7.45) |
Marital status % (n) | |||||||||
Married | 26.61 (404) | 19.97 (148) | 32.95 (256) | 29.28 (190) | 24.63 (214) | 28.37 (301) | 22.54 (103) | 83.10 (6.69) | |
Widow/widower | 50.92 (773) | 57.76 (428) | 44.40 (345) | < 0.001 | 47.15 (306) | 53.74 (467) | 48.07 (510) | 57.55 (263) | 88.69 (6.03) |
Never married | 10.61 (161) | 10.66 (79) | 10.55 (82) | 10.63 (69) | 10.59 (92) | 11.22 (119) | 9.19 (42) | 83.68 (8.54) | |
Divorced | 11.86 (180) | 11.61 (86) | 12.10 (94) | 12.94 (84) | 11.05 (96) | 12.35 (131) | 10.72 (49) | 82.52 (7.92) | |
Hospitalization (Yes) % (n) | 69.90 (1061) | 49.93 (370) | 88.93 (691) | < 0.001 | 68.52 (936) | 81.52 (150) | 84.96 (7.24) | ||
Numbers of hospitalizations mean (sd) | 3.04 (2.46) | 2.42 (2.06) | 3.36 (2.59) | < 0.000 | 3.02 (2.39) | 3.17 (2.90) | |||
Mean length of stay mean (sd) | 8.44 (9.57) | 8.39 (8.14) | 9.47 (11.65) | 0.232 | 9.54 (12.08) | 8.56 (8.33) | |||
No registration in quality register % (n) | 32.67 (496) | 30.23 (224) | 35.01 (272) | 0.047 | 34.82 (226) | 31.10 (270) | 29.50 (313) | 40.04 (183) | 84.96 (7.24) |
Numbers of registers mean (sd) | 1.12 (1.02) | 1.14 (1.00) | 1.11 (1.04) | 0.361 | 1.09 (1.03) | 1.14 (1.01) | 1.22 (1.05) | 0.89 (0.90) | |