Table 4 Mortality, residential care and community contacts for comparison and intervention groups
Outcomes | Comparison Group n = 883 | Intervention Group n = 517 | Relative Risk | Confidence Interval | p-value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mortality | 33 (3.7%) | 28 (5.4%) | 1.43 | 0.87 to 2.33 | 0.16 |
Residential care | 39 (4.4) | 18 (3.5%) | 0.80 | 0.46 to 1.38 | 0.41 |
Community services contacts | |||||
 District Nurse | 41 (4.6%) | 21 (4.1%) | 0.88 | 0.53 to 1.47 | 0.63 |
 Physiotherapy | 21 (2.4%) | 24 (4.6%) | 1.91 | 1.07 to 3.40 | 0.03 |
 Occupational therapy | 8 (0.9%) | 10 (1.9%) | 2.11 | 0.84 to 5.32 | 0.11 |
 Gerontology CNSa | 5 (0.6%) | 5 (1.0%) | 1.70 | 0.49 to 5.85 | 0.40 |
 Respiratory CNSa | 3 (0.3%) | 4 (0.8%) | 2.27 | 0.51 to 10.09 | 0.28 |
 Social work | 4 (0.5%) | – |  |  |  |
 Dietetics | 1 (0.1%) | 3 (0.6%) | 5.1 | 0.53 to 48.90 | 0.16 |
 SLTb | 1 (0.1%) | 1 (0.2%) | 1.71 | 0.11 to 27.23 | 0.71 |
 Ostomy nurse | – | 1 (0.2%) |  |  |  |
 Continence Nurse | – | 1 (0.2%) |  |  |  |