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Table 2 Individual characteristics and HVN service use

From: Measurement of special access to home visit nursing services among Japanese disabled elderly people: using GIS and claim data

   

Home visiting nursing service use

  

Total

Not used

Used

 
  

N = 2641

N = 2088

N = 553

P

Age (mean (SD)) (range)

 

87.5(6.9) (75–114)

87.9(7.0) (75–114)

86.0(6.1) (75–103)

<.001b

Sex

men

880 (33.3)

666 (75.7)

214 (24.3)

0.003c

women

1761 (66.7)

1422 (80.7)

339 (19.3)

 

Care level

Level 4

1559 (59.0)

1304 (83.6)

255 (16.4)

<.001c

Level 5

1082 (41.0)

784 (72.5)

298 (27.5)

 

Presence of conditions or impairment

 Cancer

present

123 (4.7)

87 (70.7)

36 (29.3)

0.020c

 Cerebral vascular disorder

present

350 (13.3)

240 (68.6)

110 (31.4)

<.001c

 Arthropathy

present

69 (2.6)

50 (72.5)

19 (27.5)

0.172c

 Fracture

present

153 (5.8)

125 (81.7)

28 (18.3)

0.409c

 Pneumonia

present

87 (3.3)

66 (75.9)

21 (24.1)

0.456c

 COPDa

present

23 (0.9)

16 (69.6)

7 (30.4)

0.261c

 Dementia

present

277 (10.5)

227 (81.9)

50 (18.1)

0.212c

 Psychiatric disorder

present

109 (4.1)

92 (84.4)

17 (15.6)

0.161c

 Neurological disorder

present

171 (6.5)

109 (63.7)

62 (36.3)

<.001c

 Ischemic heart disease

present

101 (3.8)

75 (74.3)

26 (25.7)

0.23c

  1. aCOPD: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
  2. bIndependent t-test
  3. cChi-squared test