Table 2 Self-reported diagnosis groups, self-reported health complaints, ADL, risk of depression, cognitive impairment, and use of care and services at baseline

Self-reported diagnosis groups

Number of diagnosis groups, median (q1-q3)

3 (2–4)

4 (3–5)

0.163^a

Range

1-8

1-7

Self-reported health complaints

Number of complaints, median (q1-q3)

11 (7–15)

11 (8–15)

0.655^a

Range

2-22

2-23

Five most common complaints, n (%)

 Walking problems

55 (68.8)

55 (75.3)

0.365^b

 Pain in the musculoskeletal system

55 (68.8)

52 (71.2)

0.738^b

 Breathlessness

47 (58.8)

40 (54.8)

0.622^b

 Fatigue

45 (56.3)

41 (56.2)

0.991^b

 Memory impairment

41 (51.3)

42 (57.5)

0.436^b

Activities of daily living

 IADL

2 (1–3)

2 (1–3)

0.651^a

 PADL

0 (0–0.8)

0 (0–0.5)

0.881^a

 Total ADL

2 (1–3)

2 (1–3)

0.831^a

Risk of depression

GDS-20, median (q1-q3)

6.0^† (3.0-8.0)

6.0 (4.0-8.0)

0.824^a

Cognitive impairment

MMSE, median (q1-q3)

28.0 (27.0-29.0)

28.0^‡ (27.0-29.0)

0.571^a

Municipal care and services, mean (SD)

 Hours of help with IADL^§

4.2 (10.8)

2.9 (6.3)

0.372^c

 Hours of help with PADL^§

3.5 (11.3)

5.9 (25.2)

0.483^c

 Hours of help at night^§

1.7 (8.9)

0.0

0.118^c

 Number of deliveries of groceries^§

1.5 (6.9)

4.0 (16.1)

0.235^c

 Hours of accompanied travel services^§

0.2 (1.6)

0.2 (1.6)

0.975^c

 Days at short time stay^§

0.2 (1.7)

0.0

0.321^c

 Proportion with personal safety alarm, n (%)

44 (55.0)

36^† (50.7)

0.598^b

Home healthcare, mean (SD)

 Hours of municipal home care: daytime^§

1.2 (4.9)

1.0 (4.1)

0.734^c

 Hours of municipal home care: evening^§

0.0

0.4 (2.2)

0.159^c

 Hours of municipal home care: at night^§

0.0

0.0

NA

Informal care, mean (SD)

 Hours of help with IADL

55.4 (76.1)

72.1 (103.1)

0.263^c

 Hours of help with PADL

5.4 (31.6)

2.7 (12.5)

0.496^c