Table 4.

Quality, Physical Activity, and Experience

Measure	Home (n = 9)	Control (n = 11)	p*
Quality of care†
Pain score (0–10), median (IQR)	1.5 (4)	1.4 (4.9)	1
Inappropriate medication use, n (%)	0 (0)	1 (9)	1
Foley use, n (%)	0 (0)	0 (0)	1
Restraint use, n (%)	0 (0)	0 (0)	1
Activity each day
Physical activity, minutes, median (IQR)	209 (90)	78 (44)	< 0.01
Sleep, hours, median (IQR)	5.4 (1.9)	4.1 (3.0)	0.33
Steps, median (IQR)‡	1820 (3300)	159 (508)	0.06
Upright posture, hours, median (IQR)	4.8 (1.4)	2.7 (1.8)	< 0.01
Patient experience
Care transitions measure-3 (3–12), median (IQR)	12 (0)	12 (3)	0.21
Picker questionnaire (0–15), median (IQR)	15 (4)	13 (4)	0.18
Global satisfaction (0–10), median (IQR)§	10 (1)	10 (2)	0.67
Recommend hospital (0–4), median (IQR)‖	4 (0)	4 (0)	1

Abbreviations: ADLs, activities of daily living; ED, emergency department; IADLs, instrumental activities of daily living; IQR, interquartile range; IV, intravenous; OT, occupational therapy; PT, physical therapy

^*Wilcoxon rank-sum test for continuous variables and Fisher exact test for categorical variables

^†Standard inpatient quality measures for pneumonia and heart failure (e.g., beta blocker for heart failure with reduced ejection fraction, smoking cessation counseling) were achieved equally in both groups and are omitted because of space constraints

^‡Two older patients in the home group shuffled while walking, resulting in a step count of almost zero being registered. These outliers drove the large IQR

^§Scale: 0 = the worst possible hospital; 10 = the best possible hospital

^‖Scale: 0 = definitely would not recommend; 4 = definitely would recommend