Table 2.
Complications during hospitalization and 12-month follow-up.
| Complications | During hospitalization |
Discharge–3 months |
3–12 months |
Discharge–12 months |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GIHR |
Control |
P | GIHR |
Control |
P | GIHR |
Control |
P | GIHR |
Control |
P | |
| n = 107 | n = 98 | n = 102 | n = 93 | n = 95 | n = 89 | n = 106 (%) | n = 93 (%) | |||||
| Infection | 51 | 41 | 0.486 | 13 | 9 | 0.653 | 27 | 23 | 0.820 | 36 (33.9) | 30 (32.3) | 0.917 |
| Pneumonia/chest infection | 13 | 9 | 0.646 | 3 | 1 | 0.623 | 8 | 9 | 0.888 | 11 (10.4) | 10 (10.8) | 1.000 |
| Urinary tract infection | 38 | 28 | 0.361 | 9 | 8 | 1.000 | 23 | 17 | 0.509 | 28 (26.4) | 23 (24.7) | 0.913 |
| Superficial wound infection | 4 | 4 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.484 | 0 | 1 (1.1) | 0.467 | |
| Deep wound infection | 2 | 1 | 1.000 | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 1 (0.9) | 0 | 1.000 | |
| Cardiovascular event | 10 | 8 | 0.959 | 3 | 1 | 0.623 | 10 | 5 | 0.344 | 12 (11.3) | 6 (6.4) | 0.344 |
| Cardiac failure | 10 | 7 | 0.751 | 2 | 0 | 0.498 | 9 | 4 | 0.303 | 10 (9.4) | 4 (4.3) | 0.256 |
| Myocardial infarction | 1 | 1 | 1.000 | 1 | 1 | 1.000 | 2 | 1 | 1.000 | 3 (2.8) | 2 (2.2) | 1.000 |
| Deep vein thrombosis | 0 | 1 | 0.478 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Pulmonary emboli | 2 | 0 | 0.499 | 0 | 1 | 0.477 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 (1.1) | 0.467 | |
| Stroke | 1 | 1 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 1.000 | 4 (3.8) | 4 (4.3) | 1.000 | |
| Gastric ulcer | 2 | 1 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1.000 | 2 (1.9) | 1 (1.1) | 1.000 | |
| Decubital ulcers | 27 | 20 | 0.513 | 7 | 7 | 1.000 | 8 | 7 | 1.000 | 13 (12.3) | 13 (14.0) | 0.883 |
| Fallers | 24 | 19 | 0.717 | 26 | 22 | 0.896 | 32 | 29 | 0.999 | 46 (43.4) | 38 (40.9) | 0.828 |
| Falls | 33 | 27 | 0.662 | 44 | 36 | 0.773 | 119 | 77 | 0.768 | 163 | 113 | 0.700 |
| Additional fracture | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 6 | 1 | 0.121 | 7 | 5 | 0.856 | 13 (12.3) | 6 (6.5) | 0.250 |
| Luxation | 2 | 0 | 0.499 | 2 | 0 | 0.498 | 0 | 0 | 2 (1.9) | 0 | 0.500 | |
| Reoperation | 5 | 4 | 1.000 | 5 | 1 | 0.215 | 3 | 4 | 0.714 | 8 (7.5) | 5 (5.4) | 0.741 |
| Deceased | 1 | 2 | 0.607 | 8 | 4 | 0.466 | 12 | 10 | 0.949 | 20 (18.9) | 14 (15.1) | 0.600 |
| Delirium | 84 | 69 | 0.242 | 37 (95) | 32 (88) | 0.835 | 32 (80) | 21 (79) | 0.104 | 47 (49.5)(n = 95) | 38 (42.7)(n = 89) | 0.439 |
| Days with delirium, median (IQR) | 3.0 (1–7) | 3.0 (0–7) | 0.745 | |||||||||
| LOS, median (IQR) | 17.0 (12–26) | 23.0 (17–32) | 0.003 | |||||||||
| Readmission after discharge | 15 | 10 | 0.542 | 27 | 23 | 0.820 | 38 (35.8) | 27 (29.0) | 0.383 | |||
| Number of readmissions after discharge | 17 | 13 | 0.443 | 41 | 40 | 0.729 | 58 | 53 | 0.426 | |||
| Days in hospital after discharge | 218 | 140 | 0.384 | 342 | 362 | 0.717 | 560 | 502 | 0.353 | |||
| Median days in hospital (IQR) after discharge | 9.0 (7–21) | 9.5 (2.5–29) | 0.384 | 10.0 (3–19) | 8.0 (2–29) | 0.717 | 11.5 (5–20) | 11.0 (3–36) | 0.353 | |||
GIHR: geriatric interdisciplinary home rehabilitation; IQR: interquartile range; LOS: length of stay.
Numbers in parentheses indicate that there are missing values. P = differences between control and GIHR group according to Pearson’s chi-square, Student’s t-test, Mann–Whitney U test, or Fisher’s exact test as appropriate. Length of stay = from admission to the geriatric ward until discharge.