Characteristics

Total population

(N = 208)

Spiritual well-being?

P-value^*

High (N = 48)

Low (N = 160)

Mean Age (years)

81.4 ± 7.1

81.6 ± 7.1

81.3 ± 7.1

0.747

Women (%)

68.3

72.9

66.9

0.430

Living alone (%)

55.9

60.4

54.5

0.469

Basic ADL^† at admission

3.4 ± 1.5

3.7 ± 1.5

3.3 ± 1.5

0.121

Instrumental ADL^‡

5.4 ± 2.4

5.8 ± 2.3

5.3 ± 2.4

0.218

Cognitive impairment^§ (%)

15.9

14.6

16.4

0.769

Depressive Symptoms^‖ (%)

14.4

2.1

18.1

0.006

FACIT-Sp (range)

29.6 ± 7.8

(7 - 46)

38.2 ± 2.2

(36 - 46)

27.0 ± 7.0

(7 - 35)

<0.001

FACIT-Sp, Meaning/Peace subscale (range)

21.5 ± 5.1

(5 - 31)

26.3 ± 1.5

(23 - 31)

20.0 ± 4.9

(5 - 27)

<0.001

FACIT-Sp, Faith subscale (range)

8.1 ± 3.6

(0 - 15)

11.8 ± 1.6

(9 - 15)

7.0 ± 3.3

(0 - 13)

<0.001

“Are you at peace” (range)

7.1 ± 2.3

(0 - 10)

8.4 ± 1.53

(5 - 10)

6.7 ± 2.3

(0 - 10)

<0.001

Discharge home (%)

83.7

87.5

82.5

0.411

Mean hospital length of stay

24.8 ± 16.0

22.3 ± 13.0

25.5 ± 16.8

0.197