Table 3.
Domains and ratings of triage items.
| Liaison nurses N = 83 (mean) |
GR specialists N = 42 (mean) |
p-value | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Somatical items | |||
| Medication >2 times a day | 1.99 | 1.64 | 0.064 |
| Multiple chronical conditions | 3.37 | 2.69 | <0.001* |
| Incontinence | 1.71 | 1.69 | 0.897 |
| Pressure ulcer (InH) | 2.65 | 2.52 | 0.515 |
| Poor nutritional status | 2.90 | 2.60 | 0.092 |
| Complications (InH) | 3.22 | 2.76 | 0.005* |
| Vulnerability | 3.30 | 3.21 | 0.626 |
| ADL items | |||
| ADL limitation or home-care twice a day (PreH) | 2.93 | 3.33 | 0.014* |
| Mobility loss and risk of falling (InH) | 3.95 | 2.95 | <0.001* |
| Functional decline (InH) | 3.53 | 3.19 | 0.046* |
| Course of previous recovery | 2.96 | 3.12 | 0.354 |
| No recovery (InH) | 3.35 | 3.14 | 0.145 |
| Expected recovery (PostH) | 4.08 | 3.74 | 0.012* |
| Social items | |||
| Living alone | 2.67 | 2.95 | 0.137 |
| Follow-up care at own request | 2.19 | 3.31 | <0.001* |
| Staircase at home | 2.29 | 2.69 | 0.043* |
| Psychological items | |||
| Previous psychiatric condition or addiction | 3.11 | 3.50 | 0.024* |
| Impaired comprehension of instructions | 3.78 | 3.88 | 0.463 |
| Impaired awareness of illness | 3.25 | 3.45 | 0.221 |
| Delirium (InH) | 3.55 | 3.10 | 0.004* |
| Anxiety/depression | 2.89 | 2,83 | 0.707 |
| Communicational items | |||
| Severe visual or hearing impairment | 3.13 | 3.05 | 0.583 |
| Other items | |||
| Age | 2.73 | 1.88 | <0.001* |
ADL = Activities of daily living. InH = In hospital, during hospital stay. PostH = after hospital stay. PreH = before hospital admission. Grading scale: (1)unimportant, (2)somewhat important, (3)important, (4)very important, (5)decisive.
p-value by ANOVA.