Table 2: Mean (SD) ISS scores by patient characteristics.

 

N

ISS (Mean (SD))

F-statistic, p-value

Age Groups

   65-69

133

19.50 (10.13)a

F = 9.2

   70-74

173

18.65 (9.88)a

p < 0.0001

   75-79

118

19.96 (10.02)a

 

   80-84

467

20.66 (9.67)a

 

   85+

335

23.53 (10.02)b

 

Sex

Female

629

22.92 (10.55)

F = 50.92

Male

597

18.91 (8.97)

p < 0.0001

Race/Ethnicity

   White/Non-Hispanic

1088

20.71 (9.76)a

F = 5.09

   Hispanic

47

26.26 (12.49)b

p = 0.0017

   Non-White/Non-Hispanic

58

22.14 (11.32)a

 

   Missing Race/Non-Hispanic

33

19.73 (9.95)a

 

Total Number of 13 Chronic Conditions

   2

432

18.01 (9.11)a

F = 35.67

   3

386

20.61 (9.72)b

p < 0.0001

   4

218

22.86 (10.02)c

 

   5+

190

26.24 (10.01)d

 

Arthritis

No

927

20.12 (9.61)

F = 27.99

Yes

299

23.60 (10.76)

p < 0.0001

Cancer

 

 

 

No

1114

21.10 (10.01)

F = 2.1

Yes

112

19.66 (10.02)

p = 0.15

Chronic Lung Disease

No

769

20.43 (10.05)

F = 5.93

Yes

457

21.87 (9.89)

p = 0.015

Congestive Heart Failure

No

1035

20.41 (9.88)

F = 21.03

Yes

191

23.99 (10.19)

p < 0.0001

Depression

 

 

 

No

944

19.95 (9.64)

F = 43.56

Yes

282

24.36 (10.50)

p < 0.0001

Diabetes

 

 

 

No

845

20.56 (9.93)

F = 4.44

Yes

381

21.86 (10.13)

p = 0.035

Hypertension

No

221

20.18 (9.71)

F = 1.66

Yes

1005

21.14 (10.07)

p = 0.2

Inflammatory Bowel Disease

No

1205

20.97 (10.00)

F = 0.0

Yes

21

20.95 (10.87)

p = 0.99

Ischemic Heart Disease

No

870

20.68 (10.16)

F = 2.52

Yes

356

21.68 (9.61)

0.11

Osteoporosis

No

962

20.41 (9.87)

F = 14.23

Yes

264

23.02 (10.28)

p < 0.001

Other Heart Problems

No

795

20.73 (9.89)

F = 1.26

Yes

431

21.40 (10.23)

p = 0.26

Sciatica

   No

1162

20.75 (9.97)

F = 10.45

   Yes

64

24.89 (10.02)

p < 0.002

Stroke

   No

1152

20.80 (9.91)

F = 5.28

   Yes

74

23.55 (11.29)

p = 0.02

Any Home Health Encounters in Past 12 Months?

   No

568

18.61 (8.95)

F = 84.37

   Yes

658

23.70 (10.48)

p < 0.0001

Number of Primary Care Visits in Past 12 Months

   0-3

529

19.32 (9.56)a

F = 22.5

   4-6

435

20.47 (9.76)a

p < 0.0001

   7-9

145

24.05 (10.02)b

 

   10+

117

26.44 (10.31)c

 

Number of Specialty Care Visits in Past 12 Months

   0-3

682

20.28 (9.97)a

F = 3.3

   4-6

265

21.15 (9.80)a,b

p < 0.02

   7-9

141

22.82 (10.52)b

 

   10+

138

22.10 (9.85)a,b

 

Number of Days Hospitalized in Past 12 Months

   0

1063

20.38 (9.69)a

F = 14.63

   1

126

24.37 (11.35)b

p < 0.0001

   2+

37

26.27 (10.76)b

 

Number of Emergency Department Visits in Past 12 Months

   0

939

20.32 (9.79)a

F = 8.39

   1

194

23.05 (10.15)b

p < 0.001

   2+

93

23.12 (11.06)b

 

Note: F statistics are from one way ANOVAs. Means with different superscripts are significantly different from one another using Duncans multiple range test