Table 2 Functional status & health characteristics of hospitalized home care, by patient linguistic group
Functional Status & Health Characteristic | Anglophone (N = 38,975) | Francophone (N = 8053) | Allophone (N = 3239) | P value* |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Number of Chronic Conditions – mean +/− s.d. | 4.26 ± 2.04 | 4.33 ± 2.09 | 4.22 ± 1.98 | 0.010 |
Charlson Comorbidity Index – mean +/− s.d. | 2.07 ± 2.15 | 2.07 ± 2.09 | 2.13 ± 2.08 | 0.319 |
Activities of Daily Living Scale – no. (%) | ||||
Independent | 24,356 (62.5%) | 4986 (61.9%) | 1637 (50.5%) | < 0.001 |
Supervision Required | 4142 (10.6%) | 869 (10.8%) | 415 (12.8%) | |
Limited Impairment | 5546 (14.2%) | 1184 (14.7%) | 588 (18.2%) | |
Extensive Assistance Required (1) | 2422 (6.2%) | 529 (6.6%) | 287 (8.9%) | |
Extensive Assistance Required (2) | 1450 (3.7%) | 283 (3.5%) | 180 (5.6%) | |
Dependent | 885 (2.3%) | 173 (2.1%) | 101 (3.1%) | |
Total Dependence | 174 (0.4%) | 29 (0.4%) | 31 (1.0%) | |
Cognitive Performance Scale – no. (%) | ||||
Intact | 15,555 (39.9%) | 3087 (38.3%) | 984 (30.4%) | < 0.001 |
Borderline Intact | 6634 (17.0%) | 1413 (17.5%) | 558 (17.2%) | |
Mild Impairment | 6830 (17.5%) | 1513 (18.8%) | 615 (19.0%) | |
Moderate Impairment | 8218 (21.1%) | 1626 (20.2%) | 808 (24.9%) | |
Moderate Severe Impairment | 577 (1.5%) | 109 (1.4%) | 94 (2.9%) | |
Severe Impairment | 1029 (2.6%) | 279 (3.5%) | 149 (4.6%) | |
Very Severe Impairment | 132 (0.3%) | 26 (0.3%) | 31 (1.0%) | |
CHESS Score – no. (%) | ||||
No Health Instability | 8095 (20.8%) | 1589 (19.7%) | 689 (21.3%) | 0.213 |
Minimal Health Instability | 11,570 (29.7%) | 2370 (29.4%) | 977 (30.2%) | |
Low Health Instability | 10,969 (28.1%) | 2302 (28.6%) | 919 (28.4%) | |
Moderate Health Instability | 6575 (16.9%) | 1403 (17.4%) | 496 (15.3%) | |
High Health Instability | 1681 (4.3%) | 369 (4.6%) | 151 (4.7%) | |
Very High Health Instability | 85 (0.2%) | 20 (0.2%) | 7 (0.2%) | |