Table 1 Baseline characteristics. Trondheim 2003–4.
Assigned community hospital | Assigned general hospital | ||
|---|---|---|---|
Intermediate care group (n = 64) | Intervention group (n = 72) | General hospital group (n = 70) | |
Demography | |||
Gender | |||
Males | 14 (21.9%) | 20 (27.8%) | 27 (38.6%) |
Females | 50 (78.1%) | 52 (72.2%) | 43 (61.4%) |
Age males | |||
Mean (SD) | 79.5 (1.5) | 80.6 (1.1) | 78.4 (1.2) |
Median | 79.0 | 80.0 | 79.0 |
Age females | |||
Mean (SD) | 81.4 (1.1) | 80.6 (1.1) | 83.1 (1.0) |
Median | 82.5 | 82.0 | 83.0 |
Age both genders | |||
Mean (SD) | 80.9 (0.9) | 80.6 (0.8) | 81.3 (0.8) |
Median | 81.5 | 81.5 | 81.0 |
Living with spouse | |||
Males | 7 | 10 | 9 |
Females | 6 | 6 | 6 |
ADL-scores | |||
Both genders | |||
Mean (SD | 2.19 (0.1) | 2.24 (0.9) | 2.05 (0.7) |
Median | 2.13 | 2.29 | 2.02 |
Males | |||
Mean (SD | 2.30 (0.2) | 2.42 (0.9) | 2.08 (0.1) |
Median | 2.37 | 2.37 | 2.00 |
Females | |||
Mean (SD) | 2.17 (0.1) | 2.24 (0.8) | 2.05 (0.1) |
Median | 2.10 | 2.18 | 2.03 |
Primary diagnoses | |||
Cardiological diseases | 21 (32.8%) | 22 (30.6%) | 20 (28.6%) |
Infections | 7 (10.9%) | 13 (18.1%) | 16 (22.9%) |
Fractures/contusions | 13 (20.3%) | 14 (19.4%) | 12 (17.1%) |
Pulmonary diseases | 5 (7.8%) | 5 (6.9%) | 6 (8.6%) |
Neurological diseases | 5 (7.8%) | 5 (6.9%) | 4 (5.7%) |
Cancers | 2 (3.1%) | 2 (2.8%) | 4 (5.7%) |
Psychiatric diseases | 1 (1.6%) | 1 (1.4%) | 0 (0%) |
Other diseases | 10 (15.6%) | 10 (13.9%) | 8 (11.4%) |