Table 1. Patient’s characteristics, functional independence status, comorbidity profile, and medications history classified according to unplanned readmission status.
| Characteristics | Total cohort N = 200 n (%) |
No-readmission n = 152 n (%) |
Readmission n = 48 n (%) |
p-value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age, mean ± SD, years | 58.6 (19.3) | 56.0 (19.8) | 66.6 (15.1) | < 0.001 |
| Male | 106 (53.0) | 83 (54.6) | 23 (47.9) | 0.418 |
| Length of hospital stay (IQR), days | 4.0 (3–7) | 4.0 (2–6) | 6.0 (4–10) | < 0.001 |
| Comorbidities | ||||
| Hypertension | 121 (60.5) | 84 (55.3) | 37 (77.1) | 0.007 |
| Diabetes mellitus | 104 (52.0) | 73 (48.0) | 31 (64.6) | 0.045 |
| Stroke | 34 (17.0) | 24 (15.8) | 10 (20.8) | 0.417 |
| Other neurological diseases | 15 (7.5) | 11 (7.2) | 4 (8.3) | 0.760 |
| Chronic heart failure | 27 (13.5) | 17 (11.2) | 10 (20.8) | 0.088 |
| End-stage kidney disease | 5 (2.5) | 3 (2.0) | 2 (4.2) | 0.595 |
| Dementia | 7 (3.5) | 3 (2.0) | 4 (8.3) | 0.058 |
| Chronic liver disease | 7 (3.5) | 3 (2.0) | 4 (8.3) | 0.058 |
| Chronic pulmonology disease | 16 (8.0) | 11 (7.2) | 5 (10.4) | 0.542 |
| Comorbidities (≥ 3 Comorbidities) | 56 (28.0) | 35 (23.0) | 21 (43.8) | 0.005 |
| Functional independence | ||||
| Fully independent | 139 (69.5) | 112 (73.7) | 27 (56.3) | < 0.001 |
| Partially dependent | 18 (9.0) | 17 (11.2) | 1 (2.1) | < 0.001 |
| Complete dependence | 43(21.5) | 23 (15.1) | 20 (41.7) | < 0.001 |
| Tracheostomy | 8 (4.0) | 4 (2.6) | 4 (8.3) | 0.096 |
| Feeding tube | 20 (10.0) | 8 (5.3) | 12 (25.0) | < 0.001 |
| Medications | ||||
| Number of medications | 5.0 (2–7) | 4.5(1–7) | 5.0 (4.5–7) | 0.0233 |
| Polypharmacy (≥ 5 medications) | 112 (56.0) | 76 (50.0) | 36 (75.0) | 0.003 |
| Change in medications | 114 (57.0) | 87 (57.2) | 27 (56.3) | 0.904 |
| Care plan summary | 175 (87.5) | 135 (88.8) | 40 (83.3) | 0.317 |
IQR: interquartile range.