Table 2 Number and Percentage of deaths after six months of follow-up according to intermediate care typology and characteristics of subjects
DPCH | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Routine care | Followed by LTCI | Not followed by LTCI | p-value (Log-Rank test*) | |
49 (45.8%) | 10 (10.1%) | 39 (22.4%) | ||
Gender | ||||
Female | 22 (37.3%) | 4 (6.1%) | 18 (16.7%) | 0.002 |
Male | 27 (56.3%) | 6 (18.2%) | 21 (31.8%) | |
Age (years) | ||||
64–74 | 18 (52.9%) | 1 (5.0%) | 3 (13.0%) | 0.488 |
75–84 | 18 (46.2%) | 4 (9.5%) | 19 (20.4%) | |
85+ | 13 (38.2%) | 5 (13.5%) | 17 (29.3%) | |
Living arrangement | ||||
Living alone | 20 (45.5%) | 5 (9.8%) | 17 (18.7%) | 0.570 |
Living with at least a relative | 25 (52.1%) | 3 (8.6%) | 17 (27.0%) | |
Caregiver | 4 (26.7%) | 2 (15.4%) | 5 (25.0%) | |
Pension | ||||
<750 euro | 28 (44.4%) | 4 (7.8%) | 26 (23.0%) | 0.751 |
≥ 750 euro | 21 (47.7%) | 6 (12.5%) | 13 (21.7%) | |
Primary diagnosis at admission | ||||
Cardio-circulatory diseases | 11 (42.3%) | 2 (7.7%) | 6 (13.0%) | <0.001 |
Injury and poisonings | 0 (0.0%) | 1 (5.3%) | 8 (18.2%) | |
Cancers | 24 (77.4%) | 2 (22.2%) | 7 (50.0%) | |
Diseases of the respiratory system | 3 (33.3%) | 1 (10.0%) | 8 (38.1%) | |
Diseases of the digestive system | 2 (33.3%) | 1 (14.3%) | 2 (14.3%) | |
Other diseases | 9 (32.1%) | 3 (10.7%) | 8 (22.9%) | |
ADL at hospital admission | ||||
Independent | 4 (40.0%) | 1 (6.7%) | 3 (25.0%) | 0.030 |
Partially dependent | 26 (47.3%) | 7 (8.9%) | 27 (20.0%) | |
Totally dependent | 19 (45.2%) | 1 (25%) | 9 (37.5%) | |
IADL at hospital admission | ||||
Independent | 1 (16.7%) | 1 (7.7%) | 3 (13.0%) | 0.324 |
Partially dependent | 21 (63.6%) | 3 (6.0%) | 15 (26.3%) | |
Totally dependent | 27 (39.7%) | 5 (14.3%) | 21 (22.8%) | |
Cognitive deterioration | ||||
Absent-light | 34 (44.7%) | 8 (10.1%) | 28 (22.0%) | 0.603 |
Moderate | 13 (59.1%) | 2 (11.1%) | 6 (20.7%) | |
Severe | 2 (22.2%) | 0 (0.0%) | 5 (29.4%) | |