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Table 3 Cohort characteristics at baseline (N = 241)

From: Should the provision of home help services be contained?: Validation of the new preventive care policy in Japan

 

Day care services

(n = 102)

Home help services

(n = 139)

P value

Age, mean ± SD

82.1 ± 6.7

77.5 ± 5.5

0.000

Gender

     

   Male

36

(35.3)

55

(39.6)

0.591

   Female

66

(64.7)

84

(60.4)

 

Economic status *

     

   Low

47

(46.1)

71

(51.1)

0.644

   Middle

22

(21.6)

24

(17.3)

 

   High

33

(32.4)

44

(31.7)

 

Caregiver

     

   Spouse

27

(29.8)

21

(13.9)

0.000

   Other family (same household)

41

(36.0)

21

(15.3)

 

   Other family (separate household)

30

(28.1)

57

(42.4)

 

   None

4

(6.1)

30

(28.5)

 

Time when caregiver can provide care

     

   24 hours

36

(35.3)

9

(6.5)

0.000

   Not during day time working hours

35

(34.3)

21

(15.1)

 

   Episodic or none

31

(30.4)

109

(78.4)

 
  1. * Economic status is classified as low: household tax-exempt, middle: individual tax-exempt but household taxed, high: individual taxed.