Table 1.
Characteristics of patients diagnosed with hospital-acquired thrombosis and proportion of patients who received VTE risk assessment and thromboprophylaxis by service type
| Medical N (%) = 65 (30.5) | Reablement N (%) = 74 (34.7) | General surgery N (%) = 24 (11.3) | Orthopaedics N (%) = 50 (23.5) | Total (N%) = 213 (100) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sex | |||||
| Male | 26 (40) | 27 (36.5) | 12 (50) | 19 (38) | 84 (39.4) |
| Female | 39 (60) | 47 (63.5) | 12 (50) | 31 (62) | 129 (60.6) |
| Age | |||||
| < 65 years | 28 (43.1) | 6 (8.1) | 11 (45.8) | 16 (32) | 61 (28.6) |
| 65–84 years | 29 (44.6) | 42 (56.8) | 13 (54.2) | 31 (62) | 115 (54) |
| ≥ 85 years | 8 (12.3) | 26 (35.1) | 0 | 3 (6) | 37 (17.4) |
| Ethnicity | |||||
| NZ European | 47 (72.3) | 60 (81.1) | 19 (79.2) | 34 (68) | 160 (75.1) |
| Māori | 6 (9.2) | 2 (2.7) | 1 (4.2) | 3 (6) | 12 (5.6) |
| Pacific peoples | 7 (10.8) | 4 (5.4) | 1 (4.2) | 6 (12) | 18 (8.5) |
| Asian | 5 (7.7) | 8 (10.8) | 2 (8.3) | 6 (12) | 21 (9.9) |
| Other | 0 | 0 | 1 (4.2) | 1 (2) | 2 (0.9) |
| Deprivation Indexa | |||||
| Quintile 1 | 11 (16.9) | 21 (28.4) | 0 | 8 (16) | 40 (18.8) |
| Quintile 2 | 12 (18.5) | 21 (28.4) | 5 (20.8) | 12 (24) | 50 (23.5) |
| Quintile 3 | 20 (30.8) | 22 (29.7) | 11 (45.8) | 12 (24) | 65 (30.5) |
| Quintile 4 | 8 (12.3) | 1 (1.4) | 4 (16.7) | 6 (12) | 19 (8.9) |
| Quintile 5 | 14 (21.5) | 9 (12.2) | 4 (16.7) | 12 (24) | 39 (18.3) |
| Length of hospital stay | |||||
| ≤ 10 days | 39 (60) | 10 (13.5) | 13 (54.2) | 33 (66) | 95 (44.6) |
| > 10 days | 26 (40) | 64 (86.5) | 11 (45.8) | 17 (34) | 118 (55.4) |
| Type of VTE event | |||||
| DVT | 28 (43.1) | 37 (50) | 11 (45.8) | 28 (56) | 104 (48.8) |
| PE | 33 (50.8) | 32 (43.2) | 13 (54.2) | 22 (44) | 100 (46.9) |
| Both DVT and PE | 4 (6.2) | 5 (6.8) | 0 | 0 | 9 (4.2) |
| Received any form of VTE risk assessment | 24 (36.9) | 41 (55.4) | 13 (54.2) | 38 (76) | 116 (54.5) |
| Received formal VTE Risk assessment | 7 (10.8) | 2 (2.7) | 3 (12.5) | 20 (40) | 32 (15) |
| Received informal VTE risk assessment | 20 (30.8) | 39 (52.7) | 11 (45.8) | 23 (46) | 93 (43.7) |
| Received both formal and Informal VTE risk assessment | 3 (4.6) | 0 | 1 (4.2) | 5 (10) | 9 (4.2) |
| Received any thromboprophylaxis | 16 (25) | 30 (40.5) | 20 (83.3) | 32 (64) | 98 (46.2) |
| Received appropriate thromboprophylaxis | 34 (52.3) | 41 (55.4) | 19 (79.2) | 27 (54) | 121 (56.8) |
| Type of prophylaxis prescribed | |||||
| Pharmacological | 13 (20) | 20 (27) | 7 (29.2) | 23 (46) | 63 (29.6) |
| Non-pharmacological | 0 | 2 (2.7) | 2 (8.3) | 0 | 4 (1.9) |
| Both pharmacological and non-pharmacological | 3 (4.6) | 8 (10.8) | 8 (33.3) | 11 (22) | 30 (14.1) |
aQuintile 1: decile 1 and 2; Quintile 2: decile 3 and 4; Quintile 3: decile 5 and 6; Quintile 4: decile 7 and 8; Quintile 5: decile 9 and 10