From: Transitional care interventions reduce unplanned hospital readmissions in high-risk older adults
Characteristic | Group | Total | |||
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EN-HaT | Exercise | N-HaT | Control | ||
Group, n | 57 | 56 | 54 | 55 | 222 |
Demographic Details | |||||
Age, M ± SD | 77.1 (7.64) | 77.6 (6.50) | 77.8 (6.23) | 77.9 (6.20) | 77.6 (6.64) |
Female, n(%) | 46 (80.7) | 42 (75.0) | 37 (68.5) | 37 (67.3) | 162 (73.0) |
Admission Diagnosis, n (%) | |||||
Respiratory disease | 28 (49.1) | 21 (37.5) | 17 (31.5) | 17 (30.9) | 83 (37.4) |
Cardiac disease | 12 (21.1) | 13 (23.2) | 13 (24.1) | 12 (21.8) | 50 (22.5) |
Renal | 4 (7.0) | 3 (5.4) | 3 (5.6) | 3 (5.5) | 13 (5.9) |
Falls | 1 (1.8) | 3 (5.5) | 4 (7.4) | 1 (1.8) | 9 (4.1) |
Other | 11 (19.3) | 15 (26.8) | 17 (31.5) | 21 (38.1) | 64 (28.8) |
Comorbidities, n (%) | |||||
Cardiovascular disease | 49 (85.9) | 54 (96.4) | 54 (100) | 47 (85.5) | 204 (91.8) |
Orthopaedic | 35 (61.4) | 28 (50.0) | 32 (59.3) | 31 (56.4) | 126 (56.8) |
Respiratory disease | 33 (57.9) | 35 (62.5) | 29 (53.7) | 28 (50.9) | 125 (56.3) |
Gastrointestinal | 32 (56.1) | 23 (41.1) | 30 (55.6) | 30 (55.6) | 115 (51.8) |
Endocrine | 14 (24.6) | 18 (32.1) | 20 (37.0) | 11 (20.0) | 63 (28.4) |
Renal | 9 (15.8) | 12 (21.4) | 11 (20.4) | 11 (20.0) | 43 (19.4) |
Other | 29 (50.1) | 27 (48.2) | 22 (40.7) | 30 (54.5) | 108 (48.6) |
Number of comorbidities | median (range) | ||||
4 (1–8) | 4 (1–8) | 4 (1–9) | 4 (1–8) | 4 (1–9) | |
Length of hospital stay | 5 (1–13) | 6.77 (6.27) | 5.09 (3.81) | 5 (1–34) | 5 (1–47) |
Number of risk factors | 3 (1–7) | 3 (1–7) | 4 (1–7) | 3 (1–6) | 3 (1–7) |
Risk factors n (%) | |||||
Multiple comorbidities | 55 (96.5) | 55 (98.2) | 51 (94.4) | 50 (90.9) | 211 (95.0) |
Age ≥ 75 | 36 (63.2) | 35 (62.5) | 37 (68.5) | 38 (69.1) | 146 (65.8) |
Poor/fair health self-rating | 31 (54.4) | 34 (60.7) | 23 (42.6) | 24 (43.6) | 112 (50.5) |
Lived alone | 25 (43.9) | 29 (51.8) | 27 (50.0) | 25 (45.5) | 106 (47.7) |
Functional impairment | 14 (24.6) | 17 (30.4) | 18 (33.3) | 14 (25.5) | 63 (28.4) |
Admissions in 6 months | 11 (19.3) | 8 (14.3) | 19 (35.2) | 11 (20.0) | 49 (22.1) |
Admission in last 30 days | 10 (17.5) | 12 (21.4) | 13 (24.1) | 5 (9.1) | 40 (18.0) |
Poor social support | 6 (10.5) | 11 (21.4) | 12 (22.2) | 11 (20.0) | 41 (18.5) |
History of depression | 7 (12.3) | 7 (12.5) | 8 (14.8) | 4 (7.3) | 26 (11.7) |