Table 1 Clinical and demographic characteristics of patients (n = 1400)
From: Dementia severity at death: a register-based cohort study
Characteristic | All people with dementia | |
|---|---|---|
n (%) | ||
Age at diagnosis (years) | Median (IQR p25, p75) | 84.6 (79.4, 88.8) |
Range | 65.1–104.3 | |
65–69 | 44 (3.1) | |
70–74 | 104 (7.4) | |
75–79 | 234 (16.7) | |
80–84 | 349 (24.9) | |
85–89 | 412 (29.4) | |
90+ | 257 (18.4) | |
Sex | Female | 758 (54.1) |
Ethnicity | White | 1073 (85.0) |
Black | 111 (8.8) | |
Asian | 41 (3.2) | |
Other | 38 (3.0) | |
Missing | 137 | |
Marital status | Married | 388 (33.2) |
Widowed | 412 (35.3) | |
Divorced | 133 (11.4) | |
Single | 235 (20.1) | |
Missing | 232 | |
Last recorded dementia type | Alzheimer’s disease | 645 (46.1) |
Vascular dementia | 258 (21.1) | |
Dementia with Lewy bodies | 32 (2.3) | |
Other | 135 (9.6) | |
Unspecified | 330 (23.6) | |
IMD | Mean (SD) | 31.0 (12.6) |
Missing | 115 | |
HoNOS at diagnosis – problems with*: | Agitation | 149 (25.3) |
Hallucinations | 95 (16.2) | |
Depressed mood | 123 (21.0) | |
Missing** | 810 | |
Any recorded use of medication, after diagnosis of dementia | Anti-dementia drugs | 662 (47.3) |
Antidepressants | 422 (30.1) | |
Antipsychotics | 264 (18.9) | |
Sedatives | 277 (19.8) | |
MMSE score at diagnosis | Mean (SD) | 18.2 (6.6) |
Time between diagnosis and death – (years) | Mean (SD) | 1.9 (1.7) |