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Table 2 Results

From: Intermediate care in nursing home after hospital admission: a randomized controlled trial with one year follow-up

 

Control group

Intervention group

p-value

Relative risk

Confidence interval

Relative effect size

Absolute effect size

Mean

Range

SD

Mean

Range

SD

Days living home

           

all patients

256.5

0-364

125.1

253.7

0-359

120.4

0.80

  

÷ 1.1 %

÷ 2.8 days

medical patients

250.4

0-364

134.1

249.2

0-359

123.6

0.165

  

÷ 0.5 %

÷ 1.2 days

orthopedic patients

256.5

0-364

121.0

233.2

0-357

128.2

0.09

  

÷ 9.1 %

÷ 23.3 days

Days in nursing home

           

all patients

55.0

0-360

91.7

40.6

0-344

71.4

0.046

  

÷ 26.1 %

÷ 14.4 days

medical patients

44.1

0-360

86.5

37.8

0-344

62.9

0.876

  

÷ 14.3 %

÷ 6.3 days

orthopedic patients

74.7

0-360

106.0

49.5

0-343

81.6

0.192

  

÷ 33.7 %

÷ 25.2 days

Days in hospital

           

all patients

10.5

0-72

15.2

10.4

0-92

15.8

0.748

  

÷ 0.01 %

÷ 0.1 days

medical patients

12.9

0-72

17.2

10.6

0-70

14.9

0.530

  

÷18.1 %

÷ 2.3 days

orthopedic patients

8.2

0-61

12.7

12.0

0-92

19.0

0.536

  

+ 46.6 %

+ 3.8 days

One-year mortality

           

all patients

17.2 %

  

22.1 %

  

0.29

1.29

0.85–1.94

+ 28.5 %

+ 4.9 %

medical patients

25.0 %

  

25.6 %

  

0.99

1.03

0.59–1.78

+ 2.4 %

+ 0.6 %

orthopedic patients

10.3 %

  

25.0 %

  

0.049

2.43

1.05–5.55

+ 142.7 %

+ 14.7 %

No home health care

           

all patients

19.9 %

  

31.6 %

  

0.007

1.59

1.11–2.27

+ 58.8 %

+ 11.7 %

medical patients

18.1 %

  

35.9 %

  

0.011

1.99

1.12–3.53

+ 98.6 %

+ 17.8 %

orthopedic patients

19.1 %

  

30.0 %

  

0.219

1.57

0.84–2.93

+ 57.1 %

+ 10.9 %