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Table 4 Difference in baseline assessments between patients participating at 18-month assessment vs. lost to follow-up

From: Resource Use and Disease Course in dementia - Nursing Home (REDIC-NH), a longitudinal cohort study; design and patient characteristics at admission to Norwegian nursing homes

 

Still participating after 18-months

Lost to follow-up before 18-months

  

Due to death

p-value*

Due to other reasons

p-value**

Age n - year (SD)

372 - 83.7 (7.9)

261 - 86.2 (6.4)

<0.001a)

63 - 82.2 (8.0)

0.173a)

Women n/N - %

252/372 - 67.7%

151/261 - 57.9%

0.011b)

43/63 - 68.3%

0.936b)

CDR-SOB n - mean score (SD)

369 - 10.2 (4.1)

257 - 10.7 (4.6)

0.108a)

61 - 8.9 (4.0)

0.026a)

GMHR n/N - % dichotomized; poor/fair

154/357 - 43.1%

160/250 - 64.0%

<0.001b)

35/59 - 59.3%

0.021b)

  1. SD Standard deviation
  2. CDR-SOB Clinical Dementia Rating Scale sum of boxes
  3. GMHR General Medical Health Rating Scale
  4. *p-value for difference between patients participating at 18-month follow up vs. lost to follow-up due to death
  5. **p-value for difference between patients participating at 18-month follow-up vs. lost to follow-up due to all other reasons
  6. a) Independent Student’s t-test
  7. b) Pearson Chi-square Test