Table 4.
Factors associated with inappropriate admissions and lengths of stay: Univariate analyses
| Admission appropriateness | Length of stay appropriateness | ||||||
| Yes | No | P Value | Yes | No | P Value | ||
| % (n) | % (n) | % (n) | % (n) | ||||
| Gender | Female | 70.7 (41) | 29.3 (17) | 0.678 | 37.5 (15) | 62.5 (25) | 0.932 |
| Male | 74.1 (43) | 25.9 (15) | 36.6 (15) | 63.4 (26) | |||
| Admitted via the emergency department? | Yes | 68.1 (47) | 31.9 (22) | 0.210 | 40.0 (18) | 60.0 (27) | 0.537 |
| No | 78.7 (37) | 21.3 (10) | 33.3 (12) | 66.7 (24) | |||
| Presented with a neurologically related problem? | Yes | 64.3 (27) | 35.7 (15) | 0.315 | 34.6 (9) | 65.4 (17) | 0.343 |
| No | 73.7 (42) | 26.3 (15) | 46.3 (19) | 53.7 (22) | |||
| Place of residence | Nursing/residential home | 88.0 (22) | 12.0 (3) | 0.049* | 33.7 (7) | 66.7 (14) | 0.683 |
| Own home | 68.1 (62) | 31.9 (29) | 38.3 (23) | 61.7 (37) | |||
| Household members | Lives with others | 69.4 (43) | 30.6 (19) | 0.795 | 54.8 (23) | 45.2 (19) | < 0.001* |
| Lives alone | 66.7 (20) | 33.3 (10) | 5.3 (1) | 94.7 (18) | |||
| Receives home help | Yes | 74.3 (26) | 25.7 (9) | 0.262 | 25.0 (6) | 75.0 (18) | 0.058 |
| No | 62.7 (32) | 37.3 (19) | 50.0 (16) | 50.0 (16) | |||
| Referred to in-patient physiotherapy | Yes | n/a | n/a | n/a | 25.0 (10) | 75.0 (30) | 0.027* |
| No | 48.8 (20) | 51.2 (21) | |||||
| Referred to social services | Yes | n/a | n/a | n/a | 9.1 (1) | 90.9 (10) | 0.039* |
| No | 41.4 (29) | 58.6 (41) | |||||
| Transferred on discharge | Yes | 74.2 (66) | 235.8 (23) | 0.155 | 18.2 (2) | 81.8 (9) | 0.164 |
| No | 57.0 (11) | 42.1 (8) | 40.0 (28) | 60.0 (42) | |||
| Median (IQR) | Median (IQR) | P Value | Median (IQR) | Median (IQR) | P Value | ||
| Age (119) | 71.5 (53.3–78.5) |
74.0 (59.3–83.0) |
0.177 | 72.5 (I62.5-81.0) |
76.0 (58.0–83.0) |
0.984 | |
| Number of LTNCs (119) | 1 (1.0–2.0) | 1 (1.0–2.0) | 0.876 | 1 (1.0–2.0) | 1 (1.0–1.0) | 0.016* | |
| Number of presenting complaints (119) | 1 (1.0–2.0) | 1 (1.0–2.0) | 0.829 | 1 (1.0–1.0) | 2 (1.0–2.0) | 0.040* | |
| FIM score (73) (Score range 1–126, 126 indicates no impairment) | 111.0 (103.0–120.0) |
113.0 (103.0–120.0) |
0.873 | 103.0 (96.0–122.0) |
107.0 (45.0–115.0) |
0.228 | |
| GDNS (walking) (74) (score range 1–5, 5 indicates no impairment) | 2.0 (1.5–4.0) | 2.0 (0.0–4.0) | 0.616 | 2.5 (0.0–4.0) | 3.5 (2.0–4.0) | 0.194 | |
| GDNS (speech) (74) (score range 1–5, 5 indicates no impairment) | 0.5 (0.0–0.0) | 0.0 (0.0–2.0) | 0.122 | 0.0 (0.0-0.0) | 0.0 (0.0–3.0) | 0.078 | |
| MMSE (49) (score range 1–30, 30 indicates no impairment) | 24.0 (23.0–28.5) |
26.0 (24.0–28.0) |
0.445 | 24.0 (18.5–26.5) |
26.5 (23.0–29.0) |
0.119 | |
| Length of stay (119) | 8.0 (4.0–13.0) | 4.0 (2.0–13.0) | 0.063 | 4.0 (2.0–8.0) | 10.0 (5.0–14.0) | < 0.001* | |
* Statistically significant