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Table 4 Rehabilitation Impact Indices and primary diagnosis upon admission at post-acute geriatric care unit (n = 685)

From: Three measures of physical rehabilitation effectiveness in elderly patients: a prospective, longitudinal, comparative analysis

Diagnosis

Number

Absolute Functional Gain (AFG)

Relative Functional Gain (RFG)

Rehabilitation Efficiency index (REI)

Neurological

    

 Yes

72

26.2 (±21.8)

53.8 (±39)

2 (±1.8)

 No

613

24.9 (±23.3)

62.7 (±37.4)

2 (±2.9)

 p-value

 

0.966

0.068

0.420

Respiratory

    

 Yes

311

20.9 (±24.5)

55.7 (±39.4)

1.6 (±3.1)

 No

374

28.4 (±21.4)

66.7 (±35.4)

2.3 (±2.5)

 p-value

 

<0.001

<0.001

0.002

Cardiological

    

 Yes

186

23.4 (±25.7)

61.5 (±39.3)

1.8 (±2.8)

 No

499

25.6 (±22.1)

61.8 (±37.1)

2.1 (±2.8)

 p-value

 

0.409

0.763

0.363

Other infections

    

 Yes

253

24.8 (±23.7)

60.5 (±36.8)

2 (±2.7)

 No

432

25.1 (±22.8)

62.5 (±38.2)

2 (±2.8)

 p-value

 

0.896

0.385

0.546

Dyselectrolytemia

    

 Yes

236

24.9 (±23.2)

62.7 (±37.2)

2.1 (±2.6)

 No

449

25.1 (±23.1)

61.2 (±37.9)

2 (±2.9)

 p-value

 

0.891

0.541

0.464

Endocrinopathy

    

 Yes

52

32.6 (±19.7)

73.3 (±32.3)

2.8 (±2.1)

 No

633

24.4 (±23.3)

60.8 (±37.9)

1.9 (±2.8)

 p-value

 

0.015

0.031

0.014

Musculoskeletal

    

 Yes

152

23.8 (±22.5)

58 (±38)

1.6 (±2.8)

 No

533

25.3 (±23.3)

62.8 (±37.5)

2.1 (±2.8)

 p-value

 

0.339

0.149

0.082

Confusion Syndrome

    

 Yes

305

25.9 (±19)

63.1 (±37.4)

2.1 (±2.4)

 No

380

24.3 (±26)

60.6 (±37.8)

1.9 (±3.1)

 p-value

 

0.607

0.260

0.995

Others

    

 Yes

169

26.3 (±25.1)

62.4 (±37.9)

1.9 (±2.9)

 No

516

24.6 (±22.5)

61.5 (±37.6)

2 (±2.7)

 p-value

 

0.252

0.796

0.747