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Table 2 Patient characteristics

From: Effectiveness of a nurse-led case management home care model in Primary Health Care. A quasi-experimental, controlled, multi-centre study

 

Intervention (n = 130)

Control (n = 128)

Sig.

  

Mean (SD) or n/N

95%CI or %

 

Mean (SD) or n/N

95%CI or %

p

Age

 

75.36 (13.16)

(73.20–77.79)

 

77.24(13.06)

(74.94–79.53)

NS

Men

 

53/129

41.10%

 

41/125

32.80%

NS

Length of home care (subgroups)

 

n

Intervention

n

Control

 

Immobilised (n = 165)

75

522.68(281.22)

450.03–595.33

90

696.64(271.64)

639.09–754.20

NS

Terminal care (n = 23)

13

137.69(76.05)

91.73–183.65

10

162.44(34.32)

136.05–188.82

 

Hospital discharge (n = 70)

42

65.07(13.05)

61.00–69.14

28

62.57(7.01)

59.85–65.29

 

Main health problems (patients)

 

Intervention (299 cases*)

Control (255 cases*)

 

Problems*

n (%)

n (%)

p

Cardiovascular

81(27.09)

81 (31.76)

0.052

Endocrine

53(17.2)

39 (15.29)

 

Neurologic

40(13.7)

42(16.47)

 

Injury

38(12.0)

25(9.80)

 

Bone and joint

32(10.70)

39(15.29)

 

Prosthetic & renal

29(9.69)

10(3.92)

 

Respiratory

26(8.69)

19(7.45)

 
  1. *The same patient could have several concomitant problems