From: Impaired chair-to-bed transfer ability leads to longer hospital stays among elderly patients
Variable | Hospital length | Total | OR | CI (95%) | p | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Short< 10 days | Long≥10 days | ||||||||
n | % | n | % | Lower | Upper | ||||
Stroke (yes) | 27 | 73.0 | 10 | 27.0 | 37 | 2.63 | 1.21 | 5.70 | 0.014 |
Congestive heart failure (yes) | 37 | 77.1 | 11 | 22.9 | 48 | 2.10 | 1.01 | 4.33 | 0.046 |
Diabetes Mellitus (yes) | 121 | 79.6 | 31 | 20.4 | 152 | 2.18 | 1.30 | 3.65 | 0.003 |
Dementia (yes) | 24 | 66.7 | 12 | 33.3 | 36 | 3.70 | 1.76 | 7.79 | 0.001 |
Delirium (yes) | 38 | 69.1 | 17 | 30.9 | 55 | 3.50 | 1.85 | 6.64 | < 0.001 |
Urinary incontinence (yes) | 156 | 80.8 | 37 | 19.2 | 193 | 2.14 | 1.29 | 3.55 | 0.003 |
Nutritional risk (yes) | 293 | 84.0 | 56 | 16.0 | 349 | 2.18 | 1.18 | 4.05 | 0.013 |
Swallowing deficit (yes) | 10 | 66.7 | 5 | 33.3 | 15 | 3.41 | 1.13 | 10.29 | 0.030 |
Decreased level of consciousness (yes) | 5 | 38.5 | 8 | 61.5 | 13 | 11.56 | 3.67 | 36.46 | < 0.001 |
Pressure ulcers (yes) | 32 | 66.7 | 16 | 33.3 | 48 | 3.90 | 2.01 | 7.57 | < 0.001 |
SPMQSb | < 0.0001a | ||||||||
0-2 correct answersb | 49 | 65.3 | 26 | 34.7 | 75 | ||||
3–5 correct answersc | 9 | 75 | 3 | 25 | 12 | ||||
6–7 correct answersd | 24 | 80 | 6 | 20 | 30 | ||||
8–10 correct answerse | 370 | 91.4 | 35 | 8.6 | 405 | ||||
Barthel index: 453 87.0 | 70 | 13.0 | 523 | ||||||
- Grooming | 0.77 | 0.69 | 0.85 | < 0.001 | |||||
- Bowels | 0.86 | 0.81 | 0.92 | < 0.001 | |||||
- Bladder | 0.89 | 0.84 | 0.95 | < 0.001 | |||||
- Feeding | 0.83 | 0.77 | 0.89 | < 0.001 | |||||
- Toilet use | 0.81 | 0.76 | 0.86 | < 0.001 | |||||
- Transfer | 0.84 | 0.80 | 0.88 | < 0.001 | |||||
- Mobility | 0.88 | 0.84 | 0.92 | < 0.001 | |||||
- Dressing | 0.81 | 0.76 | 0.87 | < 0.001 | |||||
- Stairs | 0.82 | 0.77 | 0.88 | < 0.001 | |||||
- Bathing | 0.81 | 0.73 | 0.90 | < 0.001 |