Table 3.
Main and secondary outcomes
| Intervention (n = 122) |
Control (n = 179) |
P | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hospitalizations | |||
| No hospitalizationb | 50/122 (41.0%) | 73/179 (40.1%) | |
| One to three hospitalizationsb | 66/122 (54.1%) | 95/179 (53.1%) | |
| Four or more hospitalizationsb | 6/122 (4.9%) | 11/179 (6.1%) | |
| One-year rate of first hosp.a, b | 53.6 (43.9 to 63.3) | 55.4 (47.0 to 63.8) | 0.78 |
| Two-year rate of first hosp.a, b | 67.8 (58.1 to 77.4) | 82.3 (72.6 to 92.1) | 0.04 |
| Three-year rate of first hosp.a, b | 69.8 (59.9 to 79.6) | 87.6 (78.2 to 97.0) | 0.01 |
| Length of stay (days)c | 37.5 (18.8 to 84.0) | 51.0 (26.3 to 93.5) | 0.18 |
| Reasons for hospitalizationsd | 0.03 | ||
| Falls | 28/122 (23.0%) | 29/205 (14.1%) | 0.06 |
| Fracture | 6/122 (4.9%) | 8/205 (3.9%) | 0.20 |
| Acute medical problem | 80/122 (65.6%) | 132/205 (64.4%) | 0.92 |
| Psychiatric problem | 3/122 (2.5%) | 12/205 (5.9%) | 0.18 |
| Unnecessary | 5/122 (4.1%) | 24/205 (11.7%) | 0.03 |
| Emergency room visit (ERV) | |||
| At least one ERV | 8/122 (6.6%) | 26/179 (14.5%) | 0.04 |
| One-year rate of first ERVa | 8.3 (2.6 to 13.9) | 13.4 (7.8 to 19.0) | 0.21 |
| Two-year rate of first ERVa | 8.3 (2.6 to 13.9) | 17.8 (10.3 to 25.2) | 0.045 |
| Three-year rate of first ERVa | 8.3 (2.6 to 13.9) | 23.2 (13.1 to 33.3) | 0.01 |
| Reasons for consultatione | 0.28 | ||
| Falls | 5/8 (62.5%) | 10/34 (29.4%) | 0.11 |
| Unnecessary | 0/8 (0.0%) | 8/34 (23.5%) | 0.32 |
| Acute medical problem | 3/8 (37.5%) | 15/34 (44.1%) | 1 |
| Psychiatric | 0/8 (0.0%) | 1/34 (2.9%) | 1 |
| Institutionalization | |||
| One-year rate of placementa | 11.2 (5.1 to 17.2) | 10.3 (5.3 to 15.4) | 0.83 |
| Two-year rate of placementa | 21.6 (12.9 to 30.4) | 28.2 (18.4 to 37.9) | 0.33 |
| Three-year rate of placementa | 39.4 (25.1 to 53.6) | 31.8 (21.3 to 42.3) | 0.40 |
| Mortality | |||
| One-year mortalitya | 9.4 (3.8 to 15.1) | 15.0 (8.9 to 21.1) | 0.19 |
| Two-year mortalitya | 17.9 (8.9 to 27.0) | 33.7 (23.1 to 44.3) | 0.03 |
| Three-year mortalitya | 20.4 (10.4 to 30.3) | 33.7 (23.1 to 44.3) | 0.07 |
| Place of death | |||
| At home | 8/18 (44.4%) | 5/34 (14.7%) | 0.04 |
acumulative incidences are expressed in percentage and reported with 95% confidence intervals
bthe rate of first hospitalization rate were assessed using Kaplan-Meier’s approach to account for varying length of follow-up across patients, while the reported percentages of with no, one to three and four or more hospitalizations did not account for length of follow-up and were only descriptive statistics
cincludes hospitalization in internal medicine and geriatrics and rehabilitation
dpercentages of the number of hospitalizations, epercentages of the number of visits