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Table 3 Occasions of service and duration of in-reach medical, physiotherapy and dietetics

From: People living in nursing care facilities who are ambulant and fracture their hips: description of usual care and an alternative rehabilitation pathway

Rehabilitation provided (hours)

 

Mean (SD)

12.99 (3.29)

Median (IQR)

13 (11.6–14.8)

Range

2–21.20

Medical

Geriatric review provided

114

Deceased

3

Missing data

2

Received 1 medical review only

110

Received more than one medical review

4

Time to geriatric review (days) following discharge home

 Mean (SD)

3.7 (3.9)

 Median

3

 Range

0–26

Family meeting provided

110

Face to face in person at nursing home

96

Teleconference

14

Time to family meeting (days) following discharge home

 Mean (SD)

11.3 (7.6)

 Median

9.5

 Range

0–35

Family meeting not provided

9

Family unable

1

Deceased prior to family meeting

3

Hospital admission prior to family meeting

1

Missing data

4

Physiotherapy

Received physiotherapy

119

Number of visits

 Mean (SD)

13.71 (3.29)

 Median

14

 Range

1–18

Time spent in therapy(hrs)

 Mean (SD)

10.65 (3.16)

 Median

10.75

 Range

1–18.67

Number of missed sessions

 Mean (SD)

1.07 (1.52)

 Median

1

 Range

0–7

Dietetics

Received initial DT review

107

Face to face

107

Received follow-up DT review

90

Face to face

3

Phone review

87

Receive further follow-up review

5

Face to face

1

Phone review

4