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Table 2 Behavioural and health characteristics of study participants, by cluster

From: Identifying common patterns of health services use: a longitudinal study of older Swiss adults' care trajectories

 

Whole sample

LHU

IHU

LHD

AC2NH

EFE

HAC

p-value

Total

N

2271

1893

111

101

33

86

47

 

Rarely

leaving the house

No

96.8%

97.4%

98.2%

97.0%

72.7%

90.7%

100.0%

 < 0.001

Yes

2.7%

2.2%

1.8%

3.0%

21.2%

9.3%

0.0%

missing

0.5%

0.5%

0.0%

0.0%

6.1%

0.0%

0.0%

Physical

activity

Normal

92.0%

93.0%

94.6%

89.1%

66.7%

82.6%

87.2%

 < 0.001

Low

6.5%

5.7%

3.6%

7.9%

24.2%

17.4%

10.6%

missing

1.5%

1.3%

1.8%

3.0%

9.1%

0.0%

2.1%

Alcohol

consumption

Never

10.9%

10.3%

14.4%

8.9%

27.3%

11.6%

17.0%

0.009

Occasional

58.4%

58.6%

55.9%

60.4%

45.5%

54.7%

66.0%

Frequent

29.1%

29.5%

27.0%

28.7%

18.2%

32.6%

17.0%

missing

1.7%

1.5%

2.7%

2.0%

9.1%

1.2%

0.0%

Smoking status

Current

16.5%

14.9%

24.3%

24.8%

21.2%

29.1%

14.9%

0.010

Former

39.3%

39.4%

38.7%

40.6%

39.4%

39.5%

36.2%

Never

43.7%

45.2%

36.9%

33.7%

39.4%

30.2%

48.9%

missing

0.5%

0.5%

0.0%

1.0%

0.0%

1.2%

0.0%

BMI

Normal

33.0%

34.1%

27.9%

21.8%

21.2%

38.4%

25.5%

 < 0.001

Underweight

1.3%

1.3%

0.9%

2.0%

3.0%

1.2%

0.0%

Overweight

39.0%

39.7%

38.7%

37.6%

18.2%

33.7%

38.3%

Obese

22.2%

20.2%

30.6%

33.7%

45.5%

26.7%

34.0%

missing

4.5%

4.8%

1.8%

5.0%

12.1%

0.0%

2.1%

Grip strength

Normal

83.8%

85.2%

77.5%

81.2%

54.5%

77.9%

76.6%

 < 0.001

Low

11.3%

9.6%

18.9%

13.9%

33.3%

20.9%

23.4%

missing

4.9%

5.2%

3.6%

5.0%

12.1%

1.2%

0.0%

Cognitive function

Normal

91.6%

91.9%

90.1%

84.2%

90.9%

95.3%

95.7%

0.021

Low

3.7%

3.3%

7.2%

8.9%

0.0%

3.5%

2.1%

missing

4.7%

4.9%

2.7%

6.9%

9.1%

1.2%

2.1%

Number of diagnosed chronic

illnesses

0

13.7%

14.5%

9.0%

10.9%

0.0%

16.3%

0.0%

 < 0.001

1

23.8%

24.8%

18.9%

25.7%

12.1%

19.8%

4.3%

2 + 

62.4%

60.4%

72.1%

63.4%

84.8%

64.0%

95.7%

missing

0.2%

0.2%

0.0%

0.0%

3.0%

0.0%

0.0%

Types of medications used

0

19.3%

20.5%

13.5%

17.8%

9.1%

16.3%

0.0%

 < 0.001

1–4

74.4%

74.4%

73.0%

72.3%

66.7%

77.9%

83.0%

5 + 

4.9%

3.7%

11.7%

8.9%

21.2%

5.8%

17.0%

missing

1.4%

1.4%

1.8%

1.0%

3.0%

0.0%

0.0%

Self-

perceived health

Good

70.5%

74.6%

51.4%

64.4%

24.2%

53.5%

25.5%

 < 0.001

Av

25.8%

22.9%

42.3%

30.7%

48.5%

38.4%

55.3%

Bad

3.5%

2.3%

6.3%

5.0%

24.2%

8.1%

19.1%

missing

0.2%

0.2%

0.0%

0.0%

3.0%

0.0%

0.0%

Difficulties BADLs

None

93.6%

95.1%

87.4%

91.1%

54.5%

90.7%

85.1%

 < 0.001

Yes without help

4.8%

3.9%

8.1%

5.0%

30.3%

7.0%

12.8%

Yes with help

0.7%

0.3%

0.9%

4.0%

12.1%

2.3%

2.1%

missing

0.9%

0.8%

3.6%

0.0%

3.0%

0.0%

0.0%

Difficulties IADLs

None

90.6%

93.2%

80.2%

83.2%

36.4%

86.0%

72.3%

 < 0.001

Yes without help

5.3%

4.2%

11.7%

10.9%

18.2%

4.7%

17.0%

Yes with help

3.3%

1.8%

7.2%

5.9%

39.4%

9.3%

10.6%

missing

0.8%

0.8%

0.9%

0.0%

6.1%

0.0%

0.0%

  1. Legend: Bivariate relationships are evaluated with chi-squared tests. LHU cluster is low healthcare utilization, IHU is increased healthcare utilization, LHD is late health deterioration, AC2NH is ambulatory care to nursing home, EFE is early fatal event and HAC is high ambulatory care. B/IADLs = Basic/Instrumental Activities of Daily Living