Table 4.
Use of measurement instruments to support post-acute care decisions.
| Liaison nurses N = 83 (%) |
GR N = 42 (%) |
Liaison nurses N = 83 (%) |
GR N = 42 (%) |
Liaison nurses N = 83 (%) |
GR N = 42 (%) |
Liaison nurses N = 83 (%) |
GR N = 42 (%) |
p-value Mann-Whitney U test |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NEVER | OCCASIONALLY | OFTEN | ALWAYS | ||||||
| Functional status | 13 (15.7) |
3 (7.1) |
30 (36.1) |
21 (50.0) |
29 (34.9) |
10 (23.8) |
11 (13.3) |
8 (19.0) |
0.743 |
| Nutritional status | 17 (20.5) |
10 (23.8) |
26 (31.3) |
19 (45.2) |
31 (37.3) |
7 (16.7) |
9 (10.8) |
6 (14.3) |
0.256 |
| Delirium | 0 (0.0) |
2 (4.8) |
11 (13.3) |
17 (40.5) |
52 (62.7) |
21 (50.0) |
20 (24.1) |
2 (4.8) |
<0.001 |
| Cognitive status | 5 (6.0) |
3 (7.1) |
29 (34.9) |
21 (50.0) |
42 (50.6) |
14 (33.3) |
7 (8.4) |
4 (9.5) |
0.176 |
| Depression | 46 (55.4) | 17 (40.5) |
31 (37.3) |
22 (52.4) |
6 (7.2) |
3 (7.1) |
0 (0.0) |
0 (0.0) |
0.158 |
| Frailty | 40 (48.2) |
25 (59.5) |
27 (32.5) |
15 (35.7) |
12 (14.5) |
2 (4.8) |
4 (4.8) |
0 (0.0) |
0.089 |
| Mobility | 39 (47.0) |
19 (45.2) |
16 (19.3) |
18 (42.9) |
20 (24.1) |
4 (9.5) |
8 (9.6) |
1 (2.4) |
0.294 |
| Caregiver burden | 56 (67.5) |
28 (66.7) |
18 (21.7) |
14 (33.3) |
9 (10.8) |
0 (0.0) |
0 (0.0) |
0 (0.0) |
0.756 |
Measurement instruments given in questionnaire as an example: Rankin, Katz-ADL, Barthel Index, Short Nutritional Assessment Score, Timed Up and Go, walking speed, Mini Mental State Examination, Montreal Cognitive Assessment, Delirium Observation Scale score, Geriatric Depression Scale, Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale, Clinical Frailty Scale, Caregiver Strain Index.