Table 1.
Prevalence of patient factors in our analysis.
| Patient factor | Prevalence (%) | Length of acute stay (days) | P-value | Total length of stay (days) | P-value |
| Age (years): | |||||
| < 80 | 37.0 | 13.9 | 27.9 | ||
| 80–90 | 48.5 | 16.8 | 39.4 | ||
| > 90 | 14.5 | 16.3 | 0.336 | 42.6 | 0.04 |
| Sex: | |||||
| Male | 22.1 | 16.7 | 36.1 | ||
| Female | 77.9 | 15.3 | 0.531 | 33.5 | 0.554 |
| Side: | |||||
| Left | 48.5 | 15.4 | 36.9 | ||
| Right | 51.5 | 15.9 | 0.788 | 36.3 | 0.702 |
| AMTS: | |||||
| Normal | 70.6 | 12.5 | 23.6 | ||
| Low | 29.4 | 23.1 | 0.000 | 49.5 | 0.000 |
| Residence: | |||||
| Own home | 78.5 | 13.7 | 27.8 | ||
| Other | 21.5 | 22.6 | 0.007 | 38.4 | 0.022 |
| ASA grade: | |||||
| 1–2 | 42.1 | 11.7 | 27.5 | ||
| 3–5 | 57.9 | 18.5 | 0.000 | 41.5 | 0.000 |
| Mobility: | |||||
| Unaided | 43.9 | 11.6 | 24.6 | ||
| 1 stick | 21.0 | 16.7 | 40.4 | ||
| 2 sticks or frame | 32.0 | 18.5 | 44.7 | ||
| Unable to mobilise unaided | 3.1 | 36.9 | 0.000 | 63.6 | 0.000 |
| Discharge to: | |||||
| Own home | 71.8 | 13.4 | 32.0 | ||
| Other | 28.2 | 23.5 | 0.002 | 47.0 | 0.002 |
| Fracture type: | |||||
| Intertrochanteric | 37.3 | 14.4 | 36.5 | ||
| Intracapsular, displaced | 49.7 | 16.2 | 34.4 | ||
| Intracapsular, undisplaced | 6.7 | 20.3 | 32.4 | ||
| Subtrochanteric | 6.4 | 13.7 | 0.388 | 43.9 | 0.635 |
| Operation: | |||||
| Total hip replacement | 9.5 | 9.7 | 15.7 | ||
| Other | 90.5 | 16.3 | 0.000 | 31.3 | 0.000 |
AMTS, Abbreviated Mental Test Score; ASA, American Society for Anesthesiologists.