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Table 4 Characteristics of the audited patients

From: Educational outreach visits to improve venous thromboembolism prevention in hospitalised medical patients: a prospective before-and-after intervention study

Demographic

Pre intervention (nā€‰=ā€‰150)

Post intervention (nā€‰=ā€‰150)

P Value

Age

Mean (SD)

70.8 (14.4)

72.4 (13.9)

0.33*

Sex

Number (%)

Ā 

0.9^

ā€ƒā€ƒā€ƒĀ Male

84 (56)

83 (55.3)

Ā 

ā€ƒā€ƒā€ƒĀ Female

66 (44)

67 (44.7)

Ā 

Admitting specialty

Ā Ā 

0.98^

ā€ƒā€ƒā€ƒĀ Cardiology

91 (61)

90 (60)

Ā 

ā€ƒā€ƒā€ƒĀ Oncology

3 (2)

3 (2)

Ā 

ā€ƒā€ƒā€ƒĀ Thoracic medicine

6 (4)

5 (3.3)

Ā 

ā€ƒā€ƒā€ƒĀ Gastroenterology

11 (7.3)

8 (5.3)

Ā 

ā€ƒā€ƒā€ƒĀ Nephrology

9 (6)

9 (6)

Ā 

ā€ƒā€ƒā€ƒĀ Neurology

13 (8.7)

12 (8)

Ā 

ā€ƒā€ƒā€ƒĀ Rheumatology

1 (0.3)

1 (0.3)

Ā 

ā€ƒā€ƒā€ƒĀ Cardiac investigations

12 (8)

18 (12)

Ā 

ā€ƒā€ƒā€ƒĀ Immunology

4 (2.7)

4 (2.7)

Ā 
  1. Percentages may not add up to 100 due to missing data. SD Standard Deviation; *T test; ^Chi-square.