Table 1 Number of PIMs identified per patient (n = 715) before and after hospitalisation to a geriatric ward
Number of PIMs | EU(7)-PIM | NORGEP-NH | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
PIMs before | PIMs after | PIMs before | PIMs after | |||||
n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | |
1 | 227 | 31.7 | 249 | 34.8 | 129 | 18.0 | 130 | 18.2 |
2 | 142 | 19.9 | 148 | 20.7 | 108 | 15.1 | 117 | 16.4 |
3 | 45 | 6.3 | 70 | 9.8 | 73 | 10.2 | 73 | 10.2 |
4 | 22 | 3.1 | 20 | 2.8 | 28 | 3.9 | 27 | 3.8 |
5 | 7 | 1.0 | 7 | 1.0 | 10 | 1.4 | 12 | 1.7 |
6 | 2 | 0.3 | – | – | 5 | 0.7 | 3 | 0.4 |
7 | 1 | 0.1 | – | – | 3 | 0.4 | – | – |
8 | – | – | 1 | 0.1 | – | – | – | – |
9 | – | – | – | – | 1 | 0.1 | – | – |
Patients with PIMs | 446 | 62.4 | 495 | 69.2 | 357 | 49.9 | 362 | 50.6 |