Characteristics | Study sample (N = 208) | Patients who refused to participate (N = 97) | P-val Wilcoxon or Chi2 |
Age (mean) year | 81.4 ± 7.1 | 80.8 ± 6.9 | 0.361 |
Women (%) | 69.5 68.3 | 66.0 | 0.545 |
Living alone (%) | 55.9 | 58.5 | 0.719 |
Cognitive impairment* (%) | 15.9 | 16.5 | 0.890 |
Depressive Symptoms† (%) | 14.4 | 12.4 | 0.594 |
Basic ADL at admission‡ | 3.4 ± 1.5 | 3.1 ± 1.5 | 0.195 |