Table 2 |
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| Changes in scores between admission and discharge | ||||||||||||
| Variables | Cluster 1 (poor) | Cluster 2 (good) | Cluster 1 (poor) | Cluster 1 (poor) | Cluster 2 (good) | Cluster 2 (good) | ||||||
| median (IQR) | median (IQR) | Discharged median (IQR) | Long Term Care median (IQR) | Discharged median (IQR) | Long Term Care median (IQR) | |||||||
| BI admission (ADL) | n = 52 | 5 (2, 9) | n = 75 | 14 (13, 18) | n = 24 | 6 (3, 10) | n = 28 | 4 (2, 7) | n = 60 | 15 (13, 18) | n = 15 | 13 (11, 17) |
| BI discharge | n = 41 | 11 (6, 15)** | n = 70 | 18 (16, 20)** | n = 23 | 14 (13, 16)** | n = 18 | 5 (3, 9) | n = 60 | 19 (17, 20)** | n = 10 | 10 (5, 13) |
| BBS admission (balance) | n = 52 | 3 (0, 17) | n = 75 | 44 (33, 50) | n = 24 | 9 (1, 25) | n = 28 | 2 (0, 4) | n = 60 | 44 (35, 50) | n = 15 | 35 (27, 47) |
| BBS discharge | n = 39 | 28 (3, 39)** | n = 66 | 48 (41, 52)** | n = 22 | 38 (28, 45)** | n = 17 | 3 (0, 15)* | n = 56 | 49 (44, 52)** | n = 10 | 26 (17, 53) |
| FAC admission (walking ability) | n = 52 | 0 (0, 2) | n = 75 | 4 (3, 4) | n = 24 | 0 (0, 2) | n = 28 | 0 (0, 1) | n = 60 | 4 (3, 4) | n = 15 | 3 (3, 4) |
| FAC discharge | n = 39 | 3 (0, 4)** | n = 69 | 5 (4, 5)** | n = 22 | 4 (3, 4)** | n = 17 | 0 (0, 2) | n = 58 | 5 (4, 5)** | n = 11 | 3 (3, 5) |
| FAT admission (arm function) | n = 52 | 1 (0, 4) | n = 75 | 5 (4, 5) | n = 24 | 1 (0, 3) | n = 28 | 1 (0, 5) | n = 60 | 5 (4, 5) | n = 15 | 5 (4, 5) |
| FAT discharge | n = 38 | 1 (0, 5)* | n = 65 | 5 (5, 5) | n = 21 | 3 (0, 5)** | n = 17 | 0 (0, 4) | n = 57 | 5 (5, 5)* | n = 8 | 5 (1, 5) |
| GDS-8 admission (depressive complaints) | n = 52 | 2 (1, 4) | n = 75 | 1 (0, 2) | n = 24 | 1 (0, 4) | n = 28 | 2 (1, 5) | n = 60 | 0 (0, 1) | n = 15 | 1 (0, 2) |
| GDS-8 discharge | n = 35 | 1 (0, 2) | n = 61 | 0 (0, 1) | n = 20 | 1 (0, 2)** | n = 15 | 1 (0, 4) | n = 54 | 0 (0, 0) | n = 7 | 4 (1, 5) |
| NPI-NH admission (neuropsychiatric symptoms) | n = 52 | 4 (0, 12) | n = 75 | 0 (0, 2) | n = 24 | 2 (0, 8) | n = 28 | 7 (0, 18) | n = 60 | 0 (0, 1) | n = 15 | 0 (0, 4) |
| NPI-NH discharge | n = 40 | 0 (0, 6) | n = 70 | 0 (0, 1) | n = 22 | 0 (0, 1)** | n = 18 | 4 (0, 15) | n = 60 | 0 (0, 0) | n = 10 | 2 (0, 7) |
Asterisks indicate significant changes between admission and discharge within the four groups, Wilcoxon Signed- Rank Test (**p < 0.01, *p < 0.05).
BI: Barthel Index (range 0–20).
BBS: Berg balance Scale (range 0–56).
FAC: Functional Ambulation Categories (range 0–5).
FAT: Frenchay Activities Index (range 0–5).
GDS-8: geriatric Depression Scale (range 0–8).
NPI-NH: NeuroPsychiatric Inventory Nursing Home version (range 0–144).
Buijck et al. BMC Health Services Research 2012 12:443 doi:10.1186/1472-6963-12-443
