Table 1 Characteristics of all patients transferred to post-acute care and subdivision into three different diagnostic groups
All diagnoses N = 961 | Medical N = 609 | Contusion/vert comp fr, n = 165 | Fractures N = 187 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
na | Infection (231) Heart (141) COPD (45) Other (192) | Contusion (121) Vert comp fr (44) | Hip (76) Humerus (26) Pelvis (25) Other (60) | ||
Clinical variables | |||||
BI at admission, med (min-max) | 954 | 75 (10–100) | 80 (25–100) | 75 (25–100) | 60 (10–100) |
BI 80–100, n (%) | 449 (47) | 344 (59) | 64 (39) | 29 (16) | |
BI 50–79, n (%) | 418 (44) | 215 (36) | 85 (52) | 119 (64) | |
BI <50, n (%) | 170 (29) | 33 (5) | 15 (9) | 39 (21) | |
Age, med (min-max) | 961 | 85 (70–102) | 85 (70–102) | 86 (70–100) | 83 (70–98) |
Female sex, n (%) | 961 | 656 (68) | 397 (65) | 123 (74) | 135 (72) |
>5 diagnoses, n (%) | 910 | 567 (62) | 394 (68) | 89 (57) | 84 (48) |
Use >5 drugs, n (%) | 947 | 760 (80) | 499 (83) | 128 (80) | 133 (72) |
Live alone, n (%) | 912 | 644 (71) | 399 (70) | 126 (81) | 119 (65) |
Receive home care, (%) | 953 | 379 (39) | 256 (42) | 73 (46) | 47 (26) |
Admitted after a fall, (%) | 947 | 382 (40) | 93 (15) | 119 (73) | 172 (93) |
Geriatric screening | |||||
MMSE, med (min-max) | 858 | 26 (8–30) | 26 (8–30) | 26 (11–30) | 26 (12–30) |
MMSE < 24, n (%) | 858 | 206 (29) | 153 (29) | 45 (31) | 51 (29) |
GDS, med (min-max) | 851 | 7 (0–29) | 7 (0–29) | 7 (0–26) | 7 (0–28) |
MNA-SF, n (%) | 912 | 10 (2–21) | 10 (2–19) | 10 (4–16) | 10 (3–21) |
Outcome | |||||
Rapid recovery, n (%) | 957 | 785 (82) | 535 (89) | 135 (82) | 112 (60) |
Slow recovery, n (%) | 957 | 106 (11) | 38 (6) | 15 (9) | 54 (29) |
Poor recovery, n (%) | 957 | 66 (7) | 33 (5) | 11 (9) | 20 (11) |