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Table 1 Patient’s demographic and clinical characteristics at entry to the hospital (T0)

From: Comparison of patients in three different rehabilitation settings after knee or hip arthroplasty: a natural observational, prospective study

 

Ambulatory treatment (AT)

Cure

Inpatient rehabilitation (IR)

p

p

p

n = 93 (46.3 %)

n = 46 (22.9 %)

n = 62 (30.8 %)

AT vs. Cure

AT vs. IR

Cure vs. IR

Age (y)

65 (+/− 11)

70 (+/− 9)

71 (+/− 8)

0.029*

0.001*

0.391

Sex (%)

Female

46 (50 %)

31 (67 %)

37 (60 %)

0.045*

0.212

0.412

Living (%)

Alone

16 (17 %)

15 (33 %)

20 (32 %)

0.043*

0.033*

0.969

With partner or Children

76 (82 %)

31 (67 %)

42 (68 %)

Smoking (%)

Yes

15 (16 %)

3 (7 %)

5 (8 %)

0.112

0.142

0.762

Alcohol consumption (%)

No

30 (32 %)

9 (20 %)

19 (31 %)

0.232

0.384

0.227

Sometimes

48 (52 %)

30 (67 %)

31 (50 %)

Daily

12 (13 %)

6 (13 %)

12 (19 %)

Several times per day

3 (3 %)

0 (0 %)

0 (0 %)

Sports (%)

None

35 (38 %)

12 (26 %)

21 (37 %)

0.286

0.108

0.384

<1 h/week

15 (16 %)

5 (11 %)

4 (7 %)

1 – 2 h/week

22 (24 %)

13 (28 %)

10 (18 %)

>2 h/week

21 (23 %)

16 (35 %)

22 (39 %)

Comorbidities (%)

None

35 (38 %)

19 (41 %)

16 (26 %)

0.962

0.022*

0.059

1

34 (37 %)

11 (24 %)

15 (24 %)

2

10 (11 %)

12 (26 %)

19 (31 %)

>2

14 (14 %)

4 (9 %)

12 (19 %)

Joint (%)

Hip unilateral

45 (49 %)

22 (48 %)

22 (35 %)

0.856**

0.188**

0.343**

Knee unilateral

46 (49 %)

24 (52 %)

31 (50 %)

Hip bilateral

1 (1 %)

0 (0 %)

1 (2 %)

Knee bilateral

1 (1 %)

0 (0 %)

7 (11 %)

Hip and knee

0 (0 %)

0 (0 %)

1 (2 %)

Education (%)

Basic school (8–9 years)

23 (25 %)

11 (24 %)

17 (27 %)

0.882

0.597

0.821

Vocational training

48 (52 %)

25 (54 %)

34 (55 %)

College/high school

11 (12 %)

7 (15 %)

6 (12 %)

University

9 (10 %)

3 (7 %)

5 (7 %)

  1. Age is the arithmetic mean (+/− standard deviation), all other values are n with the corresponding % at T0 (=admission to hospital). AT ambulatory treatment, IR inpatient rehabilitation, h/week hours per week, *statistical significance with p < 0.050, **statistical calculation only with two groups: hip and knee (i.e., not specified whether uni- or bilateral)