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Table 3 Patient's characteristics on admission associated with successful improvement (significant improvement on 3 tests or more)

From: How can we improve targeting of frail elderly patients to a geriatric day-hospital rehabilitation program?

Variables

Successful

Mean (SD)

Unsuccessful

Mean (SD)

Differences (95% CI)

N

134

99

 

Age

81.6 (7.1)

82.1 (6.6)

-0.51 (-0.047, 0.20)

Sex; F:M ratio

1.69

1.62

0.078 (-2.31, 1.30)

MMSE

26.9 (3.0)

27.0 (3.5)

-0.13 (-0.97, 0.71)

Barthel

87.4 (11.1)

90.9 (9.5)

-3.57 (-6.30, -0.84)

OARS

8.0 (2.6)

8.7 (2.7)

-0.71 (-1.41, -0.012)

Timed Up and Go

27.9 (12.5)

23.9 (11.7)

4.01 (0.83, 7.19)

Gait Speed

0.53 (0.18)

0.61 (0.20)

-0.081 (-0.13, -0.030)

6-Minute Walk Test

141.5 (74.8)

178.6 (80.3)

-37.1 (-57.27, -16.96)

Berg Balance Score

38.7 (8.3)

40.8 (8.1)

-2.08 (-4.23, 0.058)

EQol5D

60.0 (14.4)

65.4 (19.7)

-5.38 (-11.64, 0.86)