Table 4. Association with rehospitalisation within 30 days from discharge.
| EMG | p value | CG | p value | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rehospitalised n=19 (20.4) |
Not rehospitalised n=74 (79.6) |
Rehospitalised n=13 (14.4) |
Not rehospitalised n=77 (85.6) |
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| Age | |||||||
| <70 years | 6 (31.6) | 30 (40.5) | 6 (46.2) | 27 (35.1) | |||
| ≥70 years | 13 (68.4) | 44 (59.5) | 0.600 | 7 (53.9) | 50 (64.9) | 0.537 | |
| Gender | |||||||
| Male | 9 (47.4) | 40 (54.1) | 0.618 | 10 (76.9) | 37 (48.1) | 0.073 | |
| New Mobility Score | |||||||
| NMS 0–8 | 12 (66.7) | 26 (35.1) | 0.018 | ||||
| NMS 9 | 6 (33.3) | 48 (64.9) | |||||
| CURB65 | |||||||
| 0 | 3 (15.8) | 12 (19.7) | 4 (30.8) | 12 (18.2) | |||
| 1 | 8 (42.1) | 21 (34.4) | 2 (15.4) | 23 (34.9) | |||
| 2 | 6 (31.6) | 19 (31.2) | 5 (38.5) | 23 (34.9) | |||
| 3* | 2 (10.5) | 9 (14.8) | 0.964 | 2 (15.4) | 8 (12.1) | 0.482 | |
| Missing | 3 (21.4) | 11 (78.6) | 2 (15.4) | 11 (84.6) | |||
| CCI (mean) | 4.5 (3.6; 5.4) | 4.5 (4.0; 5.0) | 0.939 | 4.5 (3.4; 5.7) | 4.4 (4.0; 4.9) | 0.885 | |
| COPD | 10 (52.6) | 28 (37.8) | 0.299 | 7 (53.9) | 41 (53.3) | 1.000 | |
| LOS (days) | 5.6 (3.8; 7.4) | 4.4 (3.6; 5.2) | 0.247 | 6.7 (4.3; 9.1) | 5.8 (4.4; 7.3) | 0.529 | |
| Cause for rehospitalisation | |||||||
| Pneumonia, COPD | 14 (73.7) | 12 (92.3) | |||||
| Other diseases | 5 (26.3) | 1 (7.7) | |||||
Data are reported as numbers (%), otherwise as stated. *Two patients with respectively CURB65 of 4 and 5 points included.