Oral symptoms in dying nursing home patients. Results from the prospective REDIC study

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Table 1 Demographic and clinical variables at baseline in the end-of-life care sample (N = 134)

	N	Percent or mean	Missing values
Age, mean (SD)	134	85.9 (6.3)	NM
Gender, female (%)	134	82 (61%)	NM
Without dementia (CDR 0, 0.5), %	18	14%	4
Mild dementia (CDR 1), %	24	18%
Moderate and severe dementia (CDR 2–3), %	88	68%
RAI-NH, masticatory problems (%)	8	9%	41
RAI-NH, dysphagia (%)	8	9%	41
RAI-NH, oral pain (%)	5	5%	41
MOBID-2 mouth item (0–10), %			5
0–2	116	90%
3–7	13	10%
8–10	0	0%
ESAS appetite (0–10), %			25
0–2	81	74%
3–7	22	20%
8–10	6	6%
No nutrition adaption, %	73	80%	43
Tube feeding, %	0	0%	42
Grinded food, %	6	7%	42
Customised diet, %	9	10%	42

No missing values (NM)
Clinical Dementia Rating (CDR) (low scores indicate low severity of dementia)
Residents Assessment Instrument for Nursing Homes (RAI-NH)
Mobilisation-Observation-Behaviour-Intensity-Dementia-2 Pain Scale (MOBID-2) (scores 0–10, increasing score indicates increasing pain)
Edmonton symptom assessment system (ESAS) (scores 0–10, increasing scores indicate increasing

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