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Table 1 Demographic data for intervention and control groups

From: The effect of oral care intervention on pneumonia hospitalization, Staphylococcus aureus distribution, and salivary bacterial concentration in Taiwan nursing home residents: a pilot study

Characteristics

Intervention

Control

 

N = 25 (%)

N = 16 (%)

p-valuec

Gender

  

0.34

 Male

14 (56.0)

6 (37.5)

 

 Female

11 (44.0)

10 (62.5)

 

Agea

  

0.53

  ≥ 74 years old

11 (44.0)

9 (56.3)

 

  < 74 years old

14 (56.0)

7 (43.7)

 

Glasgow Coma Scale score

  

0.12

  ≥ 8 points

7 (28.0)

1 (6.3)

 

  < 8 points

18 (72.0)

15 (93.7)

 

Education level

  

0.34

  ≥ high school

14 (56.0)

6 (37.5)

 

  < high school

11 (44.0)

10 (62.5)

 

History of pneumonia

  

1.00

 Yes

19 (76.0)

12 (75.0)

 

 No

6 (24.0)

4 (25.0)

 

Diabetes

  

0.33

 Yes

9 (36.0)

9 (56.3)

 

 No

16 (64.0)

7 (43.7)

 

Hypertension

  

0.31

 Yes

16 (64.0)

13 (81.3)

 

 No

9 (36.0)

3 (18.7)

 

Chronic renal disease

  

1.00

 Yes

3 (12.0)

1 (6.3)

 

 No

22 (88.0)

15 (93.7)

 

Food intake

  

0.15d

 Oral

0 (0.0)

2 (12.5)

 

 Nasogastric tube

24 (96.0)

14 (87.5)

 

 Gastrostomy

1 (4.0)

0 (0.0)

 

Body mass indexb

  

0.29

  ≥ 18.5

20 (80.0)

10 (62.5)

 

  < 18.5

5 (20.0)

6 (37.5)

 
  1. aThe median age in the control group was used as the cutoff for dividing the residents into two age groups; bThe body mass index of 18.5 was used as the cutoff for dividing the residents with and without underweight; cFisher’s exact test; dOral vs. non-oral (nasogastric tube + gastrostomy) by Fisher’s exact test