|
Demographic
|
Pre intervention (n = 150)
|
Post intervention (n = 150)
|
P Value
|
|---|
|
Age
|
Mean (SD)
|
70.8 (14.4)
|
72.4 (13.9)
|
0.33*
|
|
Sex
|
Number (%)
| |
0.9^
|
|
Male
|
84 (56)
|
83 (55.3)
| |
|
Female
|
66 (44)
|
67 (44.7)
| |
|
Admitting specialty
| | |
0.98^
|
|
Cardiology
|
91 (61)
|
90 (60)
| |
|
Oncology
|
3 (2)
|
3 (2)
| |
|
Thoracic medicine
|
6 (4)
|
5 (3.3)
| |
|
Gastroenterology
|
11 (7.3)
|
8 (5.3)
| |
|
Nephrology
|
9 (6)
|
9 (6)
| |
|
Neurology
|
13 (8.7)
|
12 (8)
| |
|
Rheumatology
|
1 (0.3)
|
1 (0.3)
| |
|
Cardiac investigations
|
12 (8)
|
18 (12)
| |
|
Immunology
|
4 (2.7)
|
4 (2.7)
| |
- Percentages may not add up to 100 due to missing data. SD Standard Deviation; *T test; ^Chi-square.
