Table 4 Self-reported baseline characteristics of the PRO-AGE study participants, according to site and group assignment
Baseline characteristics | London (U.K.) | Hamburg (Germany) | Solothurn (Switzerland) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Intervention group | Control group | Concurrent comparison group | Intervention group | Control group | Concurrent comparison group | Intervention group | Control group | Concurrent comparison group | |
Age (years) | 74.7 ± 6.4 (1240) | 74.4 ± 6.2 (1263) | 74.9 ± 6.5 (636) | 71.9 ± 7.7 (878) | 71.8 ± 7.6 (1702) | 72.0 ± 8.2 (746) | 74.5 ± 5.8 (874) | 74.5 ± 6.1 (1410) | 74.2 ± 6.0 (1171) |
Female gender | 55.3% (686/1240) | 54.6% (689/1263) | 57.5% (366/636) | 61.5% (540/878) | 63.3% (1077/1702) | 68.2%* (509/746) | 56.9% (497/874) | 56.5% (796/1410) | 57.0% (667/1171) |
Fair/poor self-perceived health | 24.5% (304/1240) | 27.2% (343/1263) | 27.4% (174/636) | 38.6% (339/878) | 38.5 (656/1702) | 39.5% (295/746) | 19.9% (174/874) | 24.8% (349/1410) | 23.6% (276/1171) |
≥1 hospital admission over past 12 months | 14.0% (173/1240) | 14.6%) (185/1263) | 14.2% (90/636) | 21.2% (186/878) | 21.2% (360/1702) | 22.5% (168/746) | 19.9% (174/874) | 18.5% (261/1410) | 17.7% (207/1171) |
> 6 doctor visits over past 12 months | 19.0% (236/1240) | 24.3% (307/1263) | 23.4% (149/636) | 49.9% (438/878) | 49.9% (849/1702) | 44.0%* (328/746) | 24.0% (210/874) | 24.3% (343/1410) | 28.7%* (336/1171) |
No available caregiver if needed | 17.6% (218/1240) | 14.8% (187/1263) | 19.2% (122/636) | 17.8% (156/878) | 18.9% (322/1702) | 20.0% (149/746) | 9.8% (86/874) | 11.6% (163/1410) | 8.8% (103/1171) |
Pra score | 0.27 ± 0.11 | 0.27 ± 0.11 | 0.27 ± 0.11 | 0.30 ± 0.11 | 0.30 ± 0.12 | 0.29 ± 0.11 | 0.29 ± 0.104 | 0.29 ± 0.11 | 0.30 ± 0.11 |
Low level of education | 59.8% (666/1113) | 62.5% (654/1046) | 71.9%* (343/477) | 18.8% (142/756) | 23.5% (300/1277) | 25.0%* (135/539) | 47.7% (335/702) | 43.2% (398/921) | 41.9%* (337/804) |
Living alone | 33.6% (375/1116) | 30.9% (324/1047)) | 36.4% (174/478) | 35.0% (279/798) | 37.4% (504/1349) | 36.9% (206/559) | 31.4% (234/745) | 30.6% (299/976) | 27.1% (229/845) |
Three or more self-reported chronic conditions | 33.3% (365/1095) | 31.2% (324/1039) | 39.0%* (183/469) | 52.3% (399/763) | 53.3% (691/1296) | 52.3% (287/549) | 39.5% (285/722) | 39.6% (364/920) | 42.6% (344/808) |
Townsend score | 1.1 ± 3.0 (1197) | 1.0 ± 3.0 (1247) | 4.4 ± 1.6 (635) | n.a. | n.a. | n.a. | n.a. | n.a. | n.a. |