Table 2.
Time to surgery, complications and discharge disposition by Frailty Category
| Characteristic | Total N=175 |
Robust N=29 |
Prefrail N=73 |
Frail N=73 |
P- Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time to surgery, mean(SD) (days) | 1.6 (2.0) | 1.4 (0.9) | 1.3 (1.0) | 2.0 (2.9) | 0.42 |
| No. Complications, mean (SD) | 0.4 (0.8) | 0 (0.2) | 0.4 (1.0) | 0.6 (0.9) | 0.01 |
| Complications, n (%) | |||||
| Respiratory | 7 (4) | 0 | 2 (2.8) | 5 (6.8) | 0.22 |
| Cardiac | 10 (5.7) | 0 | 4 (5.5) | 6 (8.2) | 0.27 |
| Delirium | 35 (20) | 1 (3.4) | 13 (17.8) | 21 (28.8) | 0.01 |
| DVT/PE | 2 (1.1) | 0 | 2 (2.7) | 0 | 0.25 |
| Acute renal failure | 7 (4) | 0 | 4 (5.5) | 3 (4.1) | 0.44 |
| Discharge disposition, n (%) | <0.001 | ||||
| Home | 15 (8.6) | 9 (31) | 3 (4.2) | 3 (4.1) | |
| Rehaba | 157 (90.2) | 20 (69) | 68 (94.4) | 69 (94.5) | |
| Otherb | 2 (1.2) | 0 | 1 (1.4) | 1 (1.4) | |
| Orthopedic follow-up, n (%) | 0.008 | ||||
| Yes | 142 (82.1) | 28 (96.6) | 65 (89) | 49 (69) | |
| No | 9 (5.2) | 0 | 2 (2.7) | 7 (9.9) | |
| Off-site | 5 (2.9) | 1 (3.4) | 2 (2.7) | 2 (2.8) | |
| No showc | 17 (9.8) | 0 | 4 (5.5) | 13 (18.3) | |
a
Rehabilitation hospital or Skilled Nursing Facility
b
Hospice or Cognitive rehab facility
c
Patients who did not follow up with an orthopedic surgeon while their medical records remained active with other appointments