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Table 1 Patient characteristics on admission (n = 841) and information of the 584 analyzed patients followed by baseline comparison between not institutionalized and institutionalized patients 1 year after hip fracture

From: Does cognitive/physical screening in an outpatient setting predict institutionalization after hip fracture?

 

1 Year (n = 584)

 
 

Entire Cohort (n = 841)

Patients in Primary Analysis (n = 584)

Not institutionalized (n = 457)

Institutionalized (n = 127)

P-value

Variable

n (%)

n (%)

n (%)

n (%)

 

Age

    

<0.001

 65–74

117 (13.9)

87 (14.9)

81 (17.7)

6 (4.7)

 

 75–84

352 (41.9)

268 (45.9)

213 (46.6)

55 (43.3)

 

  > 85

372 (44.4)

229 (39.2)

163 (35.7)

66 (52.0)

 

 Mean (SD)

82.8 (7.1)

81.9 (6.77)

81.2 (6.8)

84.4 (6.1)

<0.001

 Median (25–75 % percentile)

84.0 (78–88)

83.0 (77–87)

82.0 (76–86)

85.0 (81–88)

<0.001

Sex

    

0.352

 Female

624 (74.2)

456 (78.1)

353 (77.2)

103 (81.1)

 

 Male

217 (25.8)

128 (21.9)

104 (22.8)

24 (18.9)

 

Living with somebody

    

0.007

 Yes

502 (59.7)

325 (55.7)

241 (52.7)

84 (66.1)

 

 No

339 (40.3)

259 (44.3)

216 (47.3)

43 (33.9)

 

Mobility aids before hip fracture

    

0.012

 Mobile without an aid

333 (39.6)

258 (44.2)

214 (46.8)

44 (34.6)

 

 Mobile with an aid

495 (58.9)

320 (54.8)

240 (52.5)

80 (63.0)

 

 Unable to ambulate

11 (1.3)

6 (1.0)

3 (0.7)

3 (2.4)

 

 Missing information

2 (0.2)

    

Mobility level before hip fracture

    

<0.001

 Unassisted outdoors

499 (59.3)

393 (67.3)

349 (76.4)

44 (34.6)

 

 Assisted outdoors

101 (12.0)

63 (10.8)

33 (7.2)

30 (23.6)

 

 Unassisted indoors

197 (23.4)

108 (18.5)

66 (14.4)

42 (33.1)

 

 Assisted indoors

28 (3.3)

13 (2.2)

6 (1.3)

7 (5.5)

 

 Unable to move

12 (1.4)

7 (1.2)

3 (0.7)

4 (3.1)

 

 Missing information

4 (0.5)

    

Previous living arrangements

    

<0.001

 Own home

390 (46.4)

293 (50.2)

263 (57.5)

30 (23.6)

 

 Own home with organized home care

265 (31.5)

193 (33.0)

141 (30.9)

52 (40.9)

 

 Assisted living accommodation

186 (22.1)

98 (16.8)

53 (11.6)

45 (35.4)

 

Previous diagnosis of memory disorder

    

<0.001

 Yes

180 (21.4)

120 (20.5)

63 (13.8)

57 (44.9)

 

 No

657 (78.1)

462 (79.1)

392 (86.2)

70 (55.1)

 

 Missing information

4 (0.5)

2 (0.3)

   

Number of medications on admission

    

0.068

  < 4

169 (20.1)

135 (23.1)

115 (25.2)

20 (15.7)

 

 4–10

531 (63.1)

366 (62.7)

281 (61.5)

85 (66.9)

 

  > 10

141 (16.8)

83 (14.2)

61 (13.3)

22 (17.3)

 

Previous fracture of any bone

    

0.927

 Yes

264 (31.4)

182 (31.2)

142 (31.1)

40 (31.5)

 

 No

576 (68.5)

402 (68.8)

315 (68.9)

87 (68.5)

 

 Missing information

1 (0.1)

    

Hip fracture type

    

0.979

 Femoral neck fracture

539 (64.1)

380 (65.1)

298 (65.2)

82 (64.6)

 

 Pertrochanteric fracture

259 (30.8)

180 (30.8)

140 (30.6)

40 (31.5)

 

 Subtrochanteric fracture

43 (5.1)

24 (4.1)

19 (4.2)

5 (3.9)

 

ASA grade

    

0.002

 1–2

114 (13.6)

95 (16.3)

87 (19.1)

8 (6.4)

 

 3

517 (61.5)

386 (66.1)

290 (63.7)

96 (76.8)

 

 4–5

197 (23.4)

99 (17.0)

78 (17.1)

21 (16.8)

 

 Missing information

13 (1.5)

4 (0.6)

   
  1. Institution represents hospital, health care center hospital, nursing home or rehabilitation unit providing 24-h care
  2. Instrumental Activities of Daily Living (IADL), Mini Mental State Examination (MMSE), and American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) scores. Differences were tested for continuous age by Mann-Whitney U-test and median test. Categorical variables were tested by Pearson chi-square test or Fisher’s exact test