Table 1 Comparison of the transfer and home discharge groups for each item.
Transfer group (n = 57) | Home discharge group (n = 249) | p-value | Effect size | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Sex | Male (persons) (%) | 35 (11.4) | 128 (41.8) | 0.20* | V = 0.07 |
Female (persons) (%) | 22 (7.2) | 121 (39.5) | |||
Age (years) (mean ± SD) | 70.5 ± 15.5 | 67.7 ± 15.9 | 0.22† | d = 0.18 | |
Length of hospital stay (days) (IQR) | 29 (23–56) | 24 (13–36) | < 0.01‡ | r = 0.23 | |
Days of rehabilitation during hospitalization (days) (IQR) | 16 (10–32) | 11 (5–17) | < 0.01‡ | r = 0.22 | |
BI at the start of rehabilitation (points) (IQR) | 25 (0–55) | 85 (50–100) | < 0.01‡ | r = 0.36 | |
BI at discharge (points) (IQR) | 70 (45–85) | 100 (95–100) | < 0.01‡ | r = 0.65 | |
Total score on the newly developed ADL assessment scale (points) (IQR) | 199 (132–222) | 224 (210–224) | < 0.01‡ | r = 0.29 | |
0–100 (persons) (%) | 12 (21.0) | 17 (6.8) | < 0.01* | V = 0.21 | |
101–200 (persons) (%) | 17 (29.8) | 27 (10.8) | |||
201– (persons) (%) | 28 (49.1) | 205 (82.3) | |||
FAI (points)(IQR) | 12 (2–21) | 21 (10–31) | < 0.01‡ | r = 0.22 | |
By department (persons) (%) | |||||
Orthopedic surgery | 20 (35.1) | 89 (35.7) | < 0.01* | V = 0.32 | |
Neurosurgery | 11 (19.3) | 22 (8.8) | |||
Cardiovascular surgery | 7 (12.7) | 36 (14.5) | |||
Respiratory surgery | 1 (1.8) | 37 (14.9) | |||
Cardiovascular medicine | 6 (10.5) | 25 (10.0) | |||
Neurology and hematology | 4(7.0) | 14 (5.6) | |||
Respiratory Medicine | 3 (5.3) | 9 (3.6) | |||
Urology | 4 (7.0) | 0 | |||
Gastroenterology | 1 (1.8) | 6 (2.4) | |||
Breast Cancer and Gastrointestinal Surgery | 0 | 3 (1.2) | |||
Otorhinolaryngology | 0 | 1 (0.4) | |||
Oncology | 0 | 1 (0.4) | |||
Dermatology | 0 | 4 (1.6) | |||
Collagen Disease Medicine | 0 | 2 (0.8) | |||
