From: Hospitalization and emergency department visits among seniors receiving homecare: a pilot study
Potential risk factor | Seniors hospitalized (n = 11) | Seniors not hospitalized (n = 36) | Odds Ratio (95% CI) | P-value |
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Mean age in years (SD*) | 78.2 (8.1) | 77.6 (6.2) | 1.01 (0.92, 1.12) | 0.822 |
Male sex | 8/11 | 14/36 | 4.19 (0.95, 18.53) | 0.083 |
Diagnosed w/ pneumonia (in past 6 months) | 1/11 | 6/36 | 0.50 (0.05, 4.67) | 1.000 |
Influenza vaccine in last year | 10/11 | 30/36 | 2.00 (0.21, 18.69) | 1.000 |
Pneumococcal vaccine | 7/10 | 21/35 | 1.56 (0.34, 7.06) | 0.719 |
Swallowing difficulties | 1/11 | 6/36 | 0.50 (0.05, 4.67) | 1.000 |
Smoke | 0/11 | 3/36 | 0 | 1.000 |
Consume alcohol | 5/11 | 20/36 | 0.67 (0.17, 2.59) | 0.732 |
Congestive Heart Failure | 3/11 | 2/36 | 6.38 (0.91, 44.71) | 0.076 |
Cerebrovascular disease | 1/11 | 7/36 | 0.41 (0.05, 3.80) | 0.659 |
Neoplastic disease | 5/11 | 6/36 | 4.17 (0.95, 18.22) | 0.097 |
Renal disease | 3/11 | 0/36 | 8 | 0.010 |
Liver disease | 2/11 | 2/36 | 3.78 (0.47, 30.64) | 0.229 |
Charlson score1, mean (SD*) | 3.27 (2.69) | 1.22 (1.33) | 1.77 (1.15, 2.71) | 0.032 |
Nutrition Score2, mean (SD*) | 5.82 (2.23) | 3.42 (2.27) | 1.51 (1.11, 2.06) | 0.006 |
Barthel score3, mean (SD*) | 18.36 (2.11) | 18.81 (1.97) | 0.90 (0.66, 1.24) | 0.546 |