Table 2. Differences in ADL recovery, length of hospital stay, change in ambulatory ability and change in place of residence between patients with and without HF.
| A | HF (n=17) |
non-HF (n=105) |
unpaired t-test | ANCOVA† |
| p value | p value | |||
| Number of days from surgery to admission (day) | 19.2 ± 2.8 | 20.4 ± 5.8 | 0.421 | 0.438 |
| FIM at admission (points) | 58.5 ± 27.7 | 64.7 ± 27.2 | 0.383 | 0.712 |
| FIM at discharge (points) | 76.7 ± 38.5 | 92.5 ± 28.4 | 0.046 | 0.066 |
| FIM effectiveness (%) | 34.1 ± 38.0 | 51.6 ± 28.7 | 0.028 | 0.048 |
| Length of hospital stay (day) | 63.8 ± 28.2 | 57.6 ± 24.3 | 0.341 | 0.404 |
| †Adjusted for age, gender and ambulatory ability before fracture. | ||||
| B | HF (n=17) |
non-HF ((n=105) |
χ2 test | |
| p value | ||||
| Ambulatory ability before fracture (%) | 0.356 | |||
| Walking independently (outdoors) | 52.9 | 67.0 | ||
| Walking independently (indoors) | 35.3 | 19.8 | ||
| Walking with assistance or wheel chair | 11.8 | 13.2 | ||
| Ambulatory ability at discharge (%) | 0.503 | |||
| Walking independently (outdoors) | 5.9 | 16.0 | ||
| Walking independently (indoors) | 35.3 | 35.8 | ||
| Walking with assistance or wheel chair | 58.8 | 48.1 | ||
| Place of residence before fracture (%) | 0.655 | |||
| Own home | 64.7 | 73.6 | ||
| Nursing home or residential home | 35.3 | 25.5 | ||
| Hospital | 0 | 0.9 | ||
| Discharge location (%) | 0.039 | |||
| Same place of residence as prior to fracture | 58.8 | 81.1 | ||
| Alternative location§ | 41.2 | 18.9 | ||
| HF: heart failure; ANCOVA: analysis of covariance. p values less than 0.05 were written in bold. §New admission to a nursing home or residential home, transfer to another nursing home or residential home or transfer to another hospital. | ||||