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Table 2 Characteristics of the resident population

From: Measuring the quality of infection control in Dutch nursing homes using a standardized method; the Infection prevention RIsk Scan (IRIS)

Nursing home

N

Mean age (Median)

Nursing home indication

Mean intensity of care (score 1-10)

Prevalence of multimorbidity (%)

Prevalence of pressure ulcers (%)

Ā 

Psycho-geriatric#

Rehabilitation#

Somatic#

1

174

74.3 (78)

93 (53.4%)

35 (20.1%)

46 (26.4%)

6.295

172 (98.9%)

17 (9.8%)

2

35

84.7 (85)

26 (74.3%)

0

9 (25.7%)

6.114

35 (100%)

0

3

63

84.1 (85)

51 (81.0%)

3 (4.8%)

9 (14.3%)

5.270

56 (88.9%)

0

4

74

83.9 (84)

60 (81.1%)

0

14 (18.9%)

5.703

72 (97.3%)

7 (9.5%)

5

183

71.5 (78)

101 (55.2%)

7 (3.8%)

75 (41.0%)

6.005

176 (96.2%)

8 (4.4%)

6

17

88.4 (90)

14 (100%)

0

3 (17.6%)

5.059

17 (100%)

0

7

14

82 (82)

14 (100%)

0

0

5.714

14 (100%)

2 (14.3%)

8

25

80.6 (82)

25 (100%)

0

0

4.960

24 (96.0%)

1 (4%)

9

189

79 (81)

185 (97.9%)

0

4 (2.1%)

5.644

167 (88.4%)

14 (7.4%)

Total

774

77.6 (82)

569 (73.5%)

45 (5.8%)

160 (20.7%)

5.838

733 (94.7%)

49 (6.3%)

  1. #The NHs were divided in separate ward for psychogeriatric, somatic and rehabilitation indication. A patient with somatic and rehabilitation indication was categorised depending on the kind of ward.