Disease-related and socio-demographic data
Nursing care dependency can be classified as mild, moderate, severe, and
extremely severe, which is determined based on the evaluation report of
medical service experts of the national statutory LTC insurance system.
To further describe the study population, the minimum data set (MDS)
tool recommended by InterRAI Country Websites was used to record
socio-demographic data (such as gender and age) and the location of
joint contractures (based on medical records and the
MDS).19