Diagnostic data for neurological conditions in interRAI assessments in home care, nursing home and mental health care settings: a validity study

Table 1 General characteristics of home care (N = 128,237), long-term care/complex continuing care (N = 99,861) and mental health (N = 13,795) populations

	Home care¹(N = 128,448) n (%)	LTC/CCC²(N = 99,861) n (%)	Mental health³(N = 13,812) n (%)	Chi-square statistic (X²)	P value
Age
Less than 65 years	19,459 (15.2)	10,965 (11.0)	10,411 (75.4)
65 – 74 years	20,123 (15.7)	14,324 (14.3)	1,603 (11.6)
75 – 84 years	46,809 (36.4)	36,070 (36.1)	1,373 (9.9)	31,107.10	<.0001
Over 85 years	42,049 (32.7)	38,502 (38.6)	425 (3.1)
Gender
Female	78,210 (60.9)	61,461 (61.6)	7,422 (53.7)	342.52	<.0001
Marital status
Married⁴	52,460 (40.8)	35,015 (35.1)	4,229 (30.6)	989.00	<.0001

¹Assessments from Ontario (99.9%), Yukon (0.1%), 2007–2011; missing age for 8 individuals (<0.01%); missing marital status for 1 individual (<0.01%).
²Assessments from British Columbia (0.1%), Ontario (99.8%) and Yukon (0.1%), 2005–2011; missing marital status for 35 individuals (0.13%).
³Assessments from Ontario facilities, 2005–2010; missing marital status for 573 individuals (4.2%).
⁴Includes only individuals identified as 'married’ as this was consistent across instruments.
Abbreviations: CCC Complex continuing care hospitals/units, LTC Long-term care homes.

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