Table 1.
Baseline characteristics and comparisons between groups of participants categorized with the risk-level stratification of the PRISMA-7 (i.e. low versus high) and the 6-item BGA (i.e. low, moderate and high) (n = 166)
| Baseline Characteristics | Total population (n = 166) |
PRISMA-7 score | P-Value† | 6-item BGA risk levels | P-Value‡ | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Normal (n = 22) |
Abnormal* (n = 144) |
Low (n = 58) |
Moderate (n = 85) |
High (n = 23) |
Overall | Low versus moderate risk | Low versus high risk | Moderate versus high risk | |||
| Age ≥ 85 years, n (%) | 105 (63.3) | 11 (50.0) | 94 (65.3) | 0.166 | 45 (77.6) | 46 (54.1) | 14 (60.9) | 0.016 | 0.004 | 0.127 | 0.563 |
| Male, n (%) | 41 (24.7) | 2 (9.1) | 39 (27.1) | 0.068 | 16 (27.6) | 14 (16.5) | 11 (47.8) | 0.007 | 0.109 | 0.081 | 0.002 |
| Home support||, (%) | 133 (80.1) | 10 (45.5) | 123 (85.4) | ≤0.001 | 47 (81.0) | 64 (75.3) | 22 (95.7) | 0.093 | – | – | – |
| Polypharmacy¶, n (%) | 137 (82.5) | 13 (59.1) | 124 (86.1) | 0.002 | 46 (79.3) | 72 (84.7) | 19 (82.6) | 0.706 | – | – | – |
| Temporal disorientation§, n (%) | 26 (15.7) | 3 (13.6) | 23 (16.0) | 0.779 | 0 (0.0) | 8 (9.4) | 18 (78.3) | ≤0.001 | 0.016 | ≤0.001 | ≤0.001 |
| History of falls#, n (%) | 100 (60.2) | 11 (50.0) | 89 (61.8) | 0.292 | 0 (0.0) | 77 (90.6) | 23 (100.0) | ≤0.001 | ≤0.001 | ≤0.001 | 0.126 |
| Reason for admission, n (%) | |||||||||||
| Mobility disorders** | 107 (64.5) | 13 (59.1) | 94 (65.3) | 0.298 | 37 (63.8) | 57 (67.1) | 13 (56.5) | 0.371 | – | – | – |
| Neuropsychiatric disorders†† | 25 (15.1) | 4 (18.2) | 21 (14.6) | 8 (13.8) | 14 (16.5) | 3 (13.0) | – | – | – | ||
| Organ failure|||| | 15 (9.0) | 4 (18.2) | 11 (7.6) | 3 (5.2) | 8 (9.4) | 4 (17.4) | – | – | – | ||
| Social issue¶¶ | 19 (11.4) | 1 (4.5) | 18 (12.5) | 10 (17.2) | 6 (7.1) | 3 (13.0) | – | – | – | ||
| Length of stay§§ (days) | |||||||||||
| Mean ± SD | 14.1 ± 13.8 | 11.2 ± 12.6 | 14.5 ± 14.0 | 0.298 | 11.1 ± 9.9 | 13.8 ± 14.0 | 22.9 ± 18.2 | 0.002 | 0.707 | 0.001 | 0.013 |
| > 13##, n (%) | 56 (33.7) | 4 (18.2) | 52 (36.1) | 0.98 | 15 (25.9) | 29 (34.1) | 12 (52.2) | 0.078 | – | – | – |
PRISMA-7: the seven questions “Program of Research on the Integration of Services for the Maintenance of Autonomy”
BGA Brief geriatric assessment
SD standard deviation
*Score ≥ 3/7
†Comparison based on unpaired t-test or Chi-square test, as appropriate
‡Comparison based on ANVOA with Bonferroni correction for multiple comparisons or Chi-square test, as appropriate
||Use of formal (i.e., health and/or social professional) and/or informal (i.e., family and/or friends) home services
¶Number of therapeutic classes taken daily ≥5
§Inability to give the month and/or year
#in the previous 12-month period
**Defined as gait and/or balance disorders and/or fall defined as unintentionally coming to rest on the ground, floor, or other lower level
††Defined as delirium, dementia or behavioral disorders
||||Defined as an acute organ decompensation
¶¶Defined as the absence of acute disease symptoms combined with an acute increase of the use of formal and/or informal home and social services, leading to an inability to stay at their place of residence for life
§§Based on the hospital’s administrative registry. Corresponds to the delay in days between the first day of admission to geriatric ward and the last day of hospitalization in the same geriatric ward
##Corresponding to the highest tertile among lengths of stay
P-value significant (i.e.; < 0.05) indicated in bold