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Table 1 Characteristics of the patients at the 6872 admissions and the ward and duration of hospital stay and status at discharge

From: Complexity of nursing care at 24 h from admission predicts in-hospital mortality in medical units: a cohort study

Variables

SIPI ≤ 50

N = 3950 (57.5%)

SIPI > 50

N = 2922 (42.5%)

Pvalue

At admission

 Age, years (median [IQR])

70.50 [57.00, 79.00]

81.00 [73.00, 87.00]

< 0.001

 Sex, Male, No.(%)

2233 (56.5)

1414 (48.4)

< 0.001

Charlson Comorbidity Index, No.(%)

 0

1109 (28.1)

568 (19.4)

< 0.001

 1

2054 (52.0)

1354 (46.3)

 

 2

625 (15.8)

730 (25.0)

 

 3

141 (3.6)

239 (8.2)

 

 4

21 (0.5)

29 (1.0)

 

 5

0

2 (0.1)

 

Ward, Low intensity, No.(%)

2577 (65.2)

1953 (66.8)

0.175

Access, Urgency, No.(%)

3454 (87.4)

2845 (97.4)

< 0.001

At discharge

 Length of stay, days (median [IQR])

9.00 [6.00, 15.00]

13.00 [8.00, 21.00]

< 0.001

 Number of deaths, No.(%)

74 (1.9)

395 (13.5)

< 0.001

  1. IQR interquartile range, SIPI Informative System of Nursing Performance