Table 3 Participants’ characteristics at baseline according to their living status at follow-up
From: Validation of the French version of the Vulnerable Elders Survey-13 (VES-13)
Outcome at follow-up | p | ||
|---|---|---|---|
Institutionnalized or dead (n = 26) | Alive and living at home (n = 104) | ||
Age (years) | 87.2 +/− 5.5 | 79.8 +/− 6.3 | < 10–4 |
Female gender (n, %) | 19 (73%) | 67 (64%) | 0.49 |
Need human help for ADL (n, %) | 11 (42%) | 19 (18%) | 0.01 |
Subjects recruited from: (n, %) | < 10–4 | ||
prevention center (Group 1) | 0 | 44 (43%) | |
geriatric outpatient clinic (Group 2) | 7 (27%) | 33 (31%) | |
rehabilitation hospital unit (Group 3) | 19 (73%) | 27 (26%) | |
MMSE (0–30) | 25.9 +/− 2.9 | 26.9 +/− 2.7 | 0.12 |
EVA-13 (0–10) | 7.61 +/− 2.81 | 3.23 +/− 3.30 | < 10–4* |
Vulnerable, i.e. EVA-13 Score > 3 | 24 (92%) | 46 (44%) | < 10–4 |