Table 1.

Patient baseline data collected before surgery

Data	Control n =138	gPCC n =128	p value	Data	Control n =138	gPCC n =128	p value
Female/male	89/49	83/45	0.9	Type of living			0.02*
Mean age	66	68	0.1	Flat	62	74
Standard Deviation	13,9	12		House	75	52
Living with someone	90	68	0.6	Service flat	1	2
Living alone	46	56
Employment status			0.2	Need of assistance from relative			1.0
Employed	32	33		Yes	71	67
Retired	84	79		No	57	54
Disability pension	16	5
Other	3	6
Contact with relatives			0.8	Need of community home help			0.7
Weekly	129	120		None	120	115
Weekly to monthly	6	4		Once a week	6	6
<monthly	2	2		Daily or more	7	4
Home nursing			0.1	Assistive aids for personal use such as pincers, seat cushions and so on			0.4
Yes	1	4		Yes	46	51
No	132	120		No	44	61
Emergency medical alarm at home			0.7	Pre-fracture independence††			0.9
Yes	15	9		80–100%	132	117
No	97	113		60–79%	3	7
				<60%	3	3
				Mean	92	92
				SD	13	16
Number of co-morbidities			0.06	Type of walking aid			0.5
Median	1	1		None	44	42
Min	0	0		Crutches	64	54
Max	6	9		Walking frame	14	19
				Wheel chair	3	4
ASA grade			0.1	Previous hip replacement in contralateral hip			0.4
1	36	22		Yes	47	32
2	75	69		No	91	95
3	27	16
Using naturopathic preparation			1.0	Feeling healthy			0.7
Yes	116	107		Yes	78	77
No	19	17		No	19	16

*In this variable there was a significant difference between the groups.

†Measured by the Ceder scale [15].

†† Measured by the Functional Recovery Scale [12].

The missing data in some of the variables was regarded as not having an impact on the overall results.

gPCC Gothenburg person-centred care.