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Table 2 Description of the home care services and demographic and clinical characteristics of patients at baseline

From: Targeted Interdisciplinary Model for Evaluation and Treatment of Neuropsychiatric Symptoms (TIME) in home care services: a cluster randomized feasibility trial

Variable

Intervention Group (N = 20)

Control Group (N = 20)

Demographic and clinical characteristics of patients

 Age in years, mean (SD)

81.7 (7.9)

81.3 (6.9)

 Female, n (%)

15 (75.0)

14 (70.0)

 Dementia diagnosis, n (%)

11 (55.0)

11 (55.0)

Clinical Dementia Rating scale, CDR (%)

 No cognitive impairment

0

0

 Mild cognitive impairment

0

1 (5.0)

 Mild dementia

12 (60.0)

6 (30.0)

 Moderate dementia

7 (35.0)

11 (55.0)

 Severe dementia

1 (5.0)

2 (10.0)

General Medical Health Rating scale (%)

 Excellent

0

0

 Good

9 (45.0)

10 (50.0)

 Fair

7 (35.0)

8 (40.0)

 Poor

4 (20.0)

2 (10.0)

 Cornell Scale for Depression in Dementia (SD)

8.7 (5.5)1

9.4 (6.7)1

Neuropsychiatric Inventory Nursing Home version (NPI-

 NH) NPI-NH affective subsyndrome score (SD)

10.1 (6.6)

12.6 (7.0)a

 NPI-NH Sum, (SD)

18.9 (9.6)

29.9 (18.1)

 NPI-NH distress scale sum (SD)

6.7 (4.6)

8.4 (6.0)

 Quality of Life in Late-stage Dementia Scale, (SD)

22.7 (6.4)

24.6 (7.9)

 Relatives Stress Scale, (SD)

22.9 (13.5)

28.3 (12.3)b

Rejection of Care MDS-E0800, n (%)

 Behavior not exhibited, (%)

17 (85.0)

10 (50.0)

 Behavior of this type occurred 1–3 days, (%)

2 (10.0)

4 (20.0)

 Behavior of this type occurred 4–6 days, (%)

1 (5.0)

3 (15.0)

 Behavior of this type occurred daily, (%)

0

3 (15.0)

Description of the home care services

 Number of visits from home care services last month (SD)

75.0 (37.0)a

72.7 (41.1)

 Number of hours of help from home care services last month (SD)

27.9 (23.2)a

24.5 (14.9)

 Number of minutes per visit from home care services (SD)

20.0 (9.2)a

20.5 (7.1)

 Number of staff in home care services (SD)

73.2 (103.5)c

44.3 (23.6)d

 Number of patients in home care services (SD)

218.0 (109.0)c

205.0 (67.7)d

 Number of staff visiting the patient last week (SD)

10.0 (4.3)c

9.5 (4.2)d

  1. aN = 19
  2. bN = 17
  3. cN = 5
  4. dN = 4