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. 2022 Jan 10;182(3):1–9. doi: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2021.7556

Table 3. Proportion of Patients Experiencing HAC-OPs.

Complication Patients, No./total No. (%) Adjusted OR (95% CI)a
Intervention group Control group
Any HAC-OP 115/248 (46.4) 129/249 (51.8) 1.07 (0.71-1.61)
Hospital-associated disabilityb 80/252 (31.7) 86/253 (34.0) 1.23 (0.80-1.89)
Hospital-associated deliriumc 37/233 (15.9) 69/220 (31.4) 0.53 (0.31-0.90)
Hospital-associated incontinenced 30/225 (13.3) 30/221 (13.6) 1.25 (0.69-2.24)
Hospital-associated pressure injury 18/265 (6.8) 18/274 (6.6) 1.56 (0.73-3.31)
Hospital-associated fall 11/265 (4.2) 12/274 (4.4) 1.44 (0.57-3.60)

Abbreviations: HAC-OP, hospital-associated complications of older people; OR, odds ratio.

a

From logistic regression models adjusted for hospital (cluster), age, sex, functional and cognitive status on admission, comorbidities, and elective status.

b

Disability outcome defined as any increase in the number of self-reported basic activities of daily living for which the patient required assistance at discharge compared with 2 weeks prior to admission, or in-hospital death or new long-term care placement; outcome excludes participants missing functional status at the time of hospital discharge.

c

Delirium outcome excludes participants with prevalent delirium (identified within 24 hours of admission).

d

Incontinence outcome defined as any self-reported urinary or fecal incontinence at hospital discharge that was not reported in the 2 weeks prior to hospital admission; outcome excludes participants with prevalent incontinence (in the 2 weeks prior to admission).