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Table 4 Resident characteristics

From: Impact of the applied simulated and integrated learning approach on nursing assistants’ knowledge and confidence caring for frail seniors in nursing homes

Characteristic

Baseline (all)

N = 30

NH-1

N = 20

NH-2

N = 10

3 months post (all)

N = 30

NH-1

N = 20

NH-2

N = 10

Age

81.2 ± 14.5

77.3 ± 16.1

89.2 ± 5.4

N/A

N/A

N/A

Gender (% female)

21 (70.0)

15 (71.4)

6 (60.0)

N/A

N/A

N/A

Length of stay (months)

30.4 (24.7)

34.0 (24.1)

23.1 (25.4)

N/A

N/A

N/A

Cognitive Performance Scale

 0 (intact)

3 (10.0)

2 (10.0)

1 (10.0)

2 (6.7)

2 (10.0)

0 (0.0)

  ≥ 1 (impaired)

27 (90.0)

18 (90.0)

9 (90.0)

28 (93.3)

18 (90.0)

10 (100.0)

Activities of Daily Living (short form—ON site only)

 0 (independence)

5 (25.0)

5 (25.0)

 

4 (20.0)

4 (20.0)

 

 ≥ 1 (dependence)

15 (75.0)

15 (75.0)

 

16 (80.0)

16 (80.0)

 

Activities of Daily Living (self-performance hierarchy—Alberta site only)

0 (independence)

0 (0.0)

 

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

 

0 (0.0)

≥ 1 (dependence)

10 (100.0)

 

10 (100.0)

10 (100.0)

 

10 (100.0)

Depression Rating Scale

 0–2 (no disorders)

8 (28.6)

5 (25.0)

5 (50.0)

11 (36.7)

5 (25.0)

6 (60.0)

 ≥ 3 (disorder)

20 (71.4)

15 (75.0)

5 (50.0)

19 (63.3)

15 (75.0)

4 (40.0)

Changes in Health, End-Stage Disease, Signs, Symptoms Scale

0 (not unstable)

13 (43.3)

9 (45.0)

4 (40.0)

12 (40.0)

8 (40.0)

4 (40.0)

≥1 (unstable)

17 (56.7)

11 (55.0)

6 (60.0)

18 (60.0)

12 (60.0)

6 (60.0)

Pain Scale

0–1 (less than daily pain)

25 (83.3)

16 (80.0)

9 (90.0)

27 (90.0)

17 (60.0)

10 (100.0)

≥ 2 (daily pain)

5 (16.7)

4 (20.0)

1 (10.0)

3 (10.0)

3 (15.0)

0 (0.0)

  1. N/A not applicable