Table 3 Number and Percentage of Readmissions 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*) | |
29 (27.1%) | 22 (22.2%) | 33 (19.0%) | ||
Gender | ||||
Female | 17 (28.8%) | 11 (16.7%) | 18 (16.7%) | 0.129 |
Male | 12 (25.0%) | 11 (33.3%) | 15 (22.7%) | |
Age (years) | ||||
64–74 | 8 (23.5%) | 4 (20.0%) | 2 (8.7%) | 0.074 |
75–84 | 12 (30.8%) | 12 (28.6%) | 21 (22.6%) | |
85+ | 9 (26.5%) | 6 (16.2%) | 10 (17.2%) | |
Living arrangement | ||||
Living alone | 16 (36.4%) | 10 (19.6%) | 17 (18.7%) | 0.393 |
Living with at least a relative | 9 (18.8%) | 9 (25.7%) | 12 (19.0%) | |
Caregiver | 4 (26.7%) | 3 (23.1%) | 4 (20.0%) | |
Pension | ||||
<750 euro | 14 (22.2%) | 11 (21.6%) | 23 (20.4%) | 0.472 |
≥ 750 euro | 15 (34.1%) | 11 (22.9%) | 10 (16.7%) | |
Primary diagnosis at admission | ||||
Cardio-circulatory diseases | 11 (42.3%) | 4 (15.4%) | 7 (15.2%) | 0.256 |
Injury and poisonings | 3 (42.9%) | 4 (21.1%) | 2 (4.5%) | |
Cancers | 6 (19.4%) | 0 (0.0%) | 4 (28.6%) | |
Diseases of the respiratory system | 3 (33.3%) | 4 (40.0%) | 7 (33.3%) | |
Diseases of the digestive system | 1 (16.7%) | 3 (42.9%) | 4 (28.6%) | |
Other diseases | 5 (17.9%) | 7 (25.0%) | 9 (25.7%) | |
ADL at hospital admission | ||||
Independent | 3 (30.0%) | 2 (13.3%) | 2 (16.7%) | 0.360 |
Partially dependent | 17 (30.9%) | 19 (24.1%) | 27 (20.0%) | |
Totally dependent | 9 (21.4%) | 1 (25.0%) | 4 (16.7%) | |
IADL at hospital admission | ||||
Independent | 2 (33.3%) | 4 (30.8%) | 2 (8.7%) | 0.162 |
Partially dependent | 8 (24.2%) | 11 (22.0%) | 17 (29.8%) | |
Totally dependent | 19 (27.9%) | 6 (17.1%) | 14 (15.2%) | |
Cognitive deterioration | ||||
Absent-light | 20 (26.3) | 15 (19.0%) | 24 (18.9%) | 0.103 |
Moderate | 7 (31.8) | 6 (33.3%) | 4 (13.8%) | |
Severe | 2 (22.2) | 1 (50.0%) | 5 (29.4%) | |