Functional and cognitive status across total cohort and stratified by mortality-risk profile
| Characteristic | No. (%) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total cohort n = 247 377 | Predicted median survival < 3 mo n = 2495 | Predicted median survival 3–6 mo n = 3700 | Predicted median survival 6–12 mo n = 8855 | Predicted mortality risk 20%–33% n = 19 949 | Predicted mortality risk 10%–20% n = 57 935 | Predicted mortality risk 5%–10% n = 86 558 | Predicted mortality risk < 5% n = 67 885 | |
| Instrumental ADLs Self Performance and Capacity Scale in performing ordinary housework, meal preparation, or phone use | ||||||||
| 0 = independent | 5980 (2.4) | 0 (0) | 7–11* | 43 (0.5) | 86 (0.4) | 479 (0.8) | 1589 (1.8) | 3774 (5.6) |
| 1 | 6721 (2.7) | 1–5* | 1–5* | 32 (0.4) | 106 (0.5) | 594 (1.0) | 1889 (2.2) | 4096 (6.0) |
| 2 | 25 868 (10.5) | 11 (0.4) | 51 (1.4) | 163 (1.8) | 569 (2.9) | 2884 (5.0) | 7859 (9.1) | 14 331 (21.1) |
| 3 | 24 538 (9.9) | 22–26* | 62 (1.7) | 199 (2.2) | 614 (3.1) | 2977 (5.1) | 8114 (9.4) | 12 546 (18.5) |
| 4 | 30 925 (12.5) | 72 (2.9) | 184 (5.0) | 528 (6.0) | 1414 (7.1) | 5659 (9.8) | 11 964 (13.8) | 11 104 (16.4) |
| 5 | 80 183 (32.4) | 635 (25.5) | 1117 (30.2) | 2899 (32.7) | 6714 (33.7) | 20 640 (35.6) | 31 555 (36.5) | 16 623 (24.5) |
| 6 = total dependence | 73 162 (29.6) | 1750 (70.1) | 2274 (61.5) | 4991 (56.4) | 10 446 (52.4) | 24 702 (42.6) | 23 588 (27.3) | 5411 (8.0) |
| ADLs Self Performance Hierarchy Scale in maintaining personal hygiene, toilet use, locomotion, and eating | ||||||||
| 0 = independent | 88 475 (35.8) | 118 (4.7) | 340 (9.2) | 1003 (11.3) | 2996 (15.0) | 13 146 (22.7) | 31 309 (36.2) | 39 563 (58.3) |
| 1 | 32 561 (13.2) | 62 (2.5) | 200 (5.4) | 486 (5.5) | 1462 (7.3) | 6144 (10.6) | 13 438 (15.5) | 10 769 (15.9) |
| 2 | 45 774 (18.5) | 198 (7.9) | 437 (11.8) | 1184 (13.4) | 3190 (16.0) | 11 504 (19.9) | 18 841 (21.8) | 10 420 (15.3) |
| 3 | 40 502 (16.4) | 332 (13.3) | 605 (16.4) | 1521 (17.2) | 3863 (19.4) | 12 378 (21.4) | 15 737 (18.2) | 6066 (8.9) |
| 4 | 18 253 (7.4) | 534 (21.4) | 677 (18.3) | 1706 (19.3) | 3456 (17.3) | 7073 (12.2) | 4141 (4.8) | 666 (1.0) |
| 5 | 18 027 (7.3) | 854 (34.2) | 1045 (28.2) | 2252 (25.4) | 3958 (19.8) | 6607 (11.4) | 2918 (3.4) | 393 (0.6) |
| 6 = total dependence | 3785 (1.5) | 397 (15.9) | 396 (10.7) | 703 (7.9) | 1024 (5.1) | 1083 (1.9) | 174 (0.2) | 8 (0) |
| Worsening ADLs | ||||||||
| Missing or uncertain | 3447 (1.4) | 11 (0.4) | 27 (0.7) | 66 (0.7) | 212 (1.1) | 727 (1.3) | 1291 (1.5) | 1113 (1.6) |
| No | 119 597 (48.3) | 87 (3.5) | 309 (8.4) | 981 (11.1) | 3568 (17.9) | 17 889 (30.9) | 43 761 (50.6) | 53 002 (78.1) |
| Yes | 124 333 (50.3) | 2397 (96.1) | 3364 (90.9) | 7808 (88.2) | 16 169 (81.1) | 39 319 (67.9) | 41 506 (48.0) | 13 770 (20.3) |
| Worsening decision-making capacity | ||||||||
| Missing or uncertain | 6335 (2.6) | 138 (5.5) | 187 (5.1) | 324 (3.7) | 807 (4.0) | 1696 (2.9) | 2013 (2.3) | 1170 (1.7) |
| No | 176 258 (71.3) | 912 (36.6) | 1756 (47.5) | 4536 (51.2) | 11 030 (55.3) | 36 830 (63.6) | 63 302 (73.1) | 57 892 (85.3) |
| Yes | 64 784 (26.2) | 1445 (57.9) | 1757 (47.5) | 3995 (45.1) | 8112 (40.7) | 19 409 (33.5) | 21 243 (24.5) | 8823 (13.0) |
Note: ADLs = activities of daily living.
↵* Actual count suppressed owing to small cell size.