From: Predictors of mortality among elderly dependent home care patients
Total population | Patients admitted to hospital the year before entering the home care program | |||||
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Survived (n=711) | Died (n=290) | p | Survived (n=138) | Died (n=88) | p | |
With informal carer N (%) | 571 (80.3) | 250 (86.2) | <0.05 | 115 (83.3) | 80 (90.9) | NS |
Carer age, mean +/− sd (N= 821) | 61.9 ± 13.9 | 63.5 ± 14.31 | NS | 63.8 ± 14.3 | 63.7 ± 12.5 | NS |
Carer gender, female N (%) (N= 821) | 444 (62.5) | 208 (71.7) | <0.05 | 93 (67.4) | 69 (78.4) | NS |
Zarit Test, mean +/− sd (N= 821) | 50.2 ± 15.9 | 54.7 ± 17.2 | <0.001 | 51,1 ± 17.2 | 56.4 ± 17.2 | NS |