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Table 2 Median values, Q1 and Q3 at admission for the CHESS Scale, Pain Scale, Depression Rating Scale, Cognitive Performance Scale, ADL Long Scale and the Index of Social Engagement for residents dying within the 1st, 2nd and 3rd years or living longer than 3 years from admission to a nursing home

From: Predicting mortality of residents at admission to nursing home: A longitudinal cohort study

Scale

Died within the

1st year

n = 636 (28.8%)

Died within the

2nd year

n = 322 (14.6%)

Died within the

3rd year

n = 213 (9.7%)

Lived longer

than 3 years

n = 1035 (46.9%)

 

Median (Q1,Q3)

Median (Q1,Q3)

Median (Q1,Q3)

Median (Q1,Q3)

CHESS Scale

(range 0-5)

2 (1, 3)

1 (0, 2)

1 (0, 2)

1 (0, 2)

Pain Scale

(range 0-5)

1 (0, 2)

1 (0, 2)

1 (0, 2)

1 (0, 2)

Depression Rating Scale

(range 0-14)

1 (0, 3)

1 (0, 2)

1 (0, 2)

1 (0, 2)

Cognitive Performance Scale

(range 0-6)

3 (1, 5)

3 (1, 4)

3 (1, 3)

2 (1, 3)

ADL long scale

(range 0-28)

14 (7, 23)

10 (5, 15)

9 (3, 14)

6 (2, 13)

Index of Social Engagement

(range 0-6)

1 (0, 3)

2 (0, 4)

2 (0, 4)

3 (1, 4)

Age

84 (80, 89)

83 (78, 88)

84 (79, 88)

82 (77, 86)