Patients N=145 | |
Age, years, mean±SD (range) | 71.8±12.6 (21.8–101.0) |
Sex | |
Male | 74 (51.0%) |
Female | 68 (46.9%) |
Missing | 3 (2.1%) |
Ethnicity | |
Caucasian | 130 (89.7%) |
Asian | 2 (1.4%) |
East Indian | 5 (3.4%) |
First Nations/Inuit/Metis or Aboriginal | 1 (0.7%) |
African/Black North American | 2 (1.4%) |
Other | 2 (1.4%) |
Missing | 3 (2.1%) |
Formal religious group | |
Protestant | 51 (35.2%) |
Catholic | 30 (20.7%) |
Jewish | 1 (0.7%) |
Muslim | 1 (0.7%) |
None | 40 (27.6%) |
Other | 17 (11.7%) |
Missing | 5 (3.4%) |
Highest level of education | |
Did not complete high school | 36 (24.8%) |
Completed high school | 28 (19.3%) |
Some university education or completed other postsecondary programme | 51 (35.2%) |
University undergraduate degree | 18 (12.4%) |
University graduate degree | 10 (6.9%) |
Missing | 2 (1.4%) |
Place of residence in the past month | |
Own home | 131 (90.3%) |
Retirement residence | 7 (4.8%) |
Long-term care home | 2 (1.4%) |
Hospital | 1 (0.7%) |
Other | 2 (1.4%) |
Missing | 2 (1.4%) |
Comorbidities* | |
Heart disease | 43 (29.7%) |
High blood pressure | 78 (53.8%) |
Lung disease | 24 (16.6%) |
Diabetes | 32 (22.1%) |
Ulcer or stomach disease | 37 (25.5%) |
Kidney disease | 18 (12.4%) |
Liver disease | 15 (10.3%) |
Anaemia or other blood disease | 26 (17.9%) |
Cancer | 70 (48.3%) |
Depression | 40 (27.6%) |
Osteoarthritis, degenerative arthritis | 0 (0.0%) |
Back pain | 71 (49.0%) |
Rheumatoid arthritis | 16 (11.0%) |
Number of comorbidities per patient, mean±SD (range) | 3.8±2.1 (0.0–10.0) |
Frailty† | |
Very fit | 18 (12.4%) |
Well | 24 (16.6%) |
Managing well | 44 (30.3%) |
Vulnerable | 39 (26.9%) |
Mildly frail | 12 (8.3%) |
Moderately frail | 4 (2.8%) |
Severely frail | 2 (1.4%) |
Very severely frail | 0 (0.0%) |
Missing | 2 (1.4%) |
Quality of life* | |
Excellent | 21 (14.5%) |
Very good | 42 (29.0%) |
Good | 41 (28.3%) |
Fair | 32 (22.1%) |
Poor | 8 (5.5%) |
Missing | 1 (0.7%) |
*Based on patient self-report.
†Based on patient self-report using the Clinical Frailty Scale.24