Table 1.
Sociodemographic and clinical variables | N | % | 95% CI | |
Age | <70 | 33 | 4.46 | 3.19 to 6.20 |
70–74 | 48 | 6.49 | 4.93 to 8.50 | |
75–79 | 82 | 11.08 | 9.02 to 13.55 | |
80–84 | 181 | 24.46 | 21.50 to 27.68 | |
85–89 | 232 | 31.35 | 28.11 to 34.78 | |
90–94 | 134 | 18.11 | 15.50 to 21.05 | |
≥95 | 30 | 4.05 | 2.85 to 5.73 | |
Sex | Female | 394 | 53.24 | 49.64 to 56.81 |
Male | 346 | 46.76 | 43.19 to 50.36 | |
Barthel Index | <20 | 90 | 12.16 | 10.00 to 14.71 |
20–35 | 76 | 10.27 | 8.28 to 12.67 | |
40–55 | 124 | 16.76 | 14.24 to 19.62 | |
60–95 | 294 | 39.73 | 36.27 to 43.30 | |
100 | 156 | 21.08 | 18.30 to 24.17 | |
Age adjusted, updated Charlson Comorbidity Index | 2–5 | 148 | 20.00 | 17.28 to 23.03 |
6–8 | 411 | 55.54 | 51.94 to 59.08 | |
9–14 | 181 | 24.46 | 21.50 to 27.68 | |
Household | With relatives/other people | 523 | 70.68 | 67.30 to 73.84 |
Nursing home | 95 | 12.84 | 10.62 to 15.44 | |
Alone | 122 | 16.49 | 13.99 to 19.33 | |
Chronic disease exacerbation 3 months prior to admission |
No | 225 | 30.41 | 27.20 to 33.81 |
Yes (total) | 515 | 69.59 | 66.19 to 72.80 | |
Primary care | 342 | 46.22 | 42.65 to 49.82 | |
Emergencies | 263 | 35.54 | 32.17 to 39.06 | |
Hospital admission | 193 | 26.08 | 23.05 to 29.36 | |
Outpatient care | 8 | 1.08 | 0.55 to 2.12 | |
Home care | 14 | 1.89 | 1.13 to 3.15 | |
Conditions requiring clinical management | 1 | 302 | 40.81 | 37.36 to 44.39 |
2 | 216 | 29.19 | 26.03 to 32.57 | |
3 | 106 | 14.32 | 11.98 to 17.03 | |
4 | 72 | 9.73 | 7.80 to 12.08 | |
5 | 28 | 3.78 | 2.63 to 5.41 | |
6 | 13 | 1.76 | 1.03 to 2.98 | |
7 | 2 | 0.27 | 0.07 to 0.98 | |
8 | 1 | 0.14 | 0.007 to 0.76 | |
Destination at discharge | Home | 468 | 63.24 | 59.71 to 66.64 |
Nursing home | 105 | 14.19 | 11.86 to 16.89 | |
Another hospital | 101 | 13.65 | 11.36 to 16.31 | |
Exitus | 66 | 8.92 | 7.07 to 11.19 | |
Multimorbidity | No | 10 | 1.35 | 1.35 to 1.36 |
Yes | 730 | 98.65 | 98.23 to 99.07 |