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Table 3 Municipal services during six months after discharge

From: Effect of single follow-up home visit on readmission in a group of frail elderly patients – a Danish randomized clinical trial

 

Intervention

Control

Pa

 

Adjusted

OR (95%CI)b

Adjusted

β (95%CI)c

Proportion receiving municipal services

 Practical help, n (%)

192 (75)

188 (72)

0.40

 

1.18 (0.79;1.76)

 Personal care, n (%)

215 (84)

224 (86)

0.63

 

0.88 (0.54;1.43)

 Nursing, n (%)

228 (89)

232 (89)

0.85

 

1.09 (0.62;1.92)

Minutes per day among patients receiving services

 Practical help, sum (mean)

2833 (15)

2671 (14)

0.72

 

0.41 (−2.36; 3.17)

 Personal care, sum (mean)

11,364 (53)

11,079 (50)

0.55

 

3.97 (−6.63; 14.58)

 Nursing, sum (mean)

4569 (20)

3746 (16)

0.21

 

4.04 (−1.93; 10.00)

Change in minutes per day

 Practical help, mean

4.3

5.2

0.62

 

−0.97 (−4.40; 2.46)

 Personal care, mean

25.1

26.8

0.68

 

−1.72 (−9.11; 5.67)

 Nursing, mean

11.7

8.7

0.28

 

2.97 (−2.32; 8.25)

  1. aChi-square test for difference in proportions between the intervention and control groups and t-test for mean differences between the intervention and control groups
  2. bLogistic regression of binary outcomes adjusted for discharging department and municipality, odds ratio for intervention compared to control group
  3. cLinear regression of continuous outcomes adjusted for discharging department and municipality, β coefficient for intervention compared to control group