Table 1.

Characteristics of study patients

	Intervention (n = 41)	Control (n = 61)	P-value
Sex, male, n (%)	22 (54)	38 (62)	0.51
Age, years, mean (SD)	72.6 (6.2)	77.4 (7.3)	0.01
Has medical card, n (%)	34 (83)	43 (71)	0.23
Medications on admission, median (IQR)	10 (8–15)	10 (7–13)	0.25
Independent mobility, n (%)	24 (59)	29 (48)	0.38
Independent dressing, n (%)	31 (76)	41 (67)	0.49
Continent, n (%)	32 (78)	56 (91)	0.09
Independent feeding, n (%)	38 (93)	51 (84)	0.30
Length of stay, median (IQR)	6 (3–10)	6 (5–13)	0.21

IQR = interquartile range. SD = standard deviation.