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Table 2 Outcome measures in the intervention and control group

From: The development of a comprehensive multidisciplinary care pathway for patients with a hip fracture: design and results of a clinical trial

 

Intervention group

Control group

p

Number

256

145

 

Process outcome measures

   

Mean time on ER (SD), minutes

196 (75)

208 (87)

0.59a

Median fasting time (IQR), hours

9 (8–12)

17 (8–24)

<0.001a

Waiting > 1 day for operation (%)

20 (8)

20 (14)

0.042b

General analgesia (%)

166 (65)

73 (50)

0.006b

Treated with a prosthesis (%)

92 (36)

46 (32)

0.44b

Consult of other specialists (%)

43 (17)

42 (29)

0.05b

Median length of stay (IQR), days

7 (6–10)

11 (7–16)

<0.001a

Discharge to nursing home (%)

195 (76)

100 (69)

0.88b

Patient outcome measures

   

Patients with complications (%)

130 (51)

71 (49)

0.76b

Patients with delirium (%)

42 (16)

20 (14)

0.48b

In-hospital mortality

5 (2)

8 (6)

0.03b

Mortality in 30 days (%)

13 (5)

13 (9)

0.78b

Reoperation within 1 year (%)

31 (12)

23 (16)

0.29b

  1. Abbreviations: SD: standard deviation; IQR, interquartile range.
  2. aindependent sample t-test; bChi-squared test (Phi test).