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Table 3 Basic information of the participants (N = 396)

From: Community-embedded follow-up management intervention for geriatric primary care: a mixed-methods study of an integrated health services model

Variable

Control

Intervention

P-value*

n = 198

n = 198

Gender,n(%)

  

0.510

 

Male

108(54.5)

101(51.0)

 
 

female

90(45.5)

97(49.0)

 

Gender, mean (SD)

1.45(0.50)

1.49(0.50)

 

Age,n(%)

  

0.399

 

60–64

51(25.8)

55(27.8)

 
 

65–69

89(44.9)

71(35.9)

 
 

70–74

55(27.8)

64(32.3)

 
 

≥ 75

3(1.5)

8 (4)

 

Clinical Features,n(%)

   
 

Hypertension

36(18.2)

44(22.2)

0.317

 

Hypercholesterolemia

13(6.6)

23(11.6)

0.081

 

Diabetes

17(8.6)

25(12.6)

0.192

 

Heart disease

10(5.1)

18(9.1)

0.117

 

Stroke

5(2.5)

11(5.6)

0.126

 

Chronic lung disease

27(13.6)

32(16.2)

0.481

 

Fall in the past year

42(21.2)

49(24.7)

0.404

 

Hip fracture in the past year

5(2.5)

4(2.0)

0.736

 

Non-femoral fracture in the past year

29(14.6)

34(17.2)

0.493

 

≥ 5 medications at screening

8(4.0)

16(8.1)

0.092

  1. SD = standard deviation
  2. *Mann-Whitney Test