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Table 2 Discharge by timing of mobilisation among patients surgically treated for non-pathological first hip fracture for subgroups defined by dementia, delirium, hypotension, prefracture ambulation and prefracture residence

From: Discharge after hip fracture surgery in relation to mobilisation timing by patient characteristics: linked secondary analysis of the UK National Hip Fracture Database

Mobilisation timing

No. of patients

No of deathsa

No. of live dischargesb

Live discharge rate (95% CI)c

30-day CIF, c (95% CI)

p-value§

Unadjusted OR of CIF (95% CI)

Adjusted OR of CIF (95% CI)d

patients with dementia

Overall

34,253

17,083

2171

31.9 (31.4–32.4)

630 (624–636)

   

Mobilised late

9443

4179

992

26.8 (26–27.6)

545 (534–557)

 

1.00

1.00

Mobilised early

24,810

12,904

1179

34 (33.4–34.6)

664 (656–671)

< 0.001

1.72 (1.62–1.82)

1.83 (1.70–1.97)

patients without dementia

Overall

80,442

43,017

2683

42.4 (42.0–42.8)

749 (745–753)

   

Mobilised late

14,700

5874

1179

26.2 (25.5–26.9)

574 (564–585)

 

1.00

1.00

Mobilised early

65,742

37,143

1504

46.9 (46.5–47.4)

791 (787–795)

< 0.001

2.67 (2.57–2.77)

2.28 (2.17–2.39)

patients with delirium

Overall

9818

4010

775

23.9 (23.2–24.7)

537 (526–549)

   

Mobilised late

2746

929

336

19 (17.8–20.3)

436 (414–458)

 

1.00

1.00

Mobilised early

7072

3081

439

26 (25.1–26.9)

578 (564–592)

< 0.001

1.94 (1.72–2.19)

1.84 (1.59–2.13)

patients without delirium

Overall

104,877

56,090

4079

40.6 (40.2–40.9)

727 (723–730)

   

Mobilised late

21,397

9124

1835

27.5 (27–28.1)

578 (57–587)

 

1.00

1.00

Mobilised early

83,480

46,966

2244

44.7 (44.2–45.1)

768 (764–772)

< 0.001

2.40 (2.32–2.48)

2.16 (2.07–2.26)

patients with hypotension

Overall

10,123

4425

759

28.1 (27.3–28.9)

599 (587–611)

   

Mobilised late

2825

939

391

19.9 (18.7–21.2)

448 (426–47)

 

1.00

1.00

Mobilised early

7298

3486

368

31.5 (30.5–32.6)

661 (647–675)

< 0.001

2.39 (2.14–2.66)

2.11 (1.85–2.42)

patients without hypotension

Overall

104,572

55,675

4095

40.0 (39.6–40.3)

720 (716–723)

   

Mobilised late

21,318

9114

1780

27.4 (26.8–27.9)

576 (568–584)

 

1.00

1.00

Mobilised early

83,254

46,561

2315

43.9 (43.5–44.3)

76 (756–763)

< 0.001

2.36 (2.28–2.44)

2.12 (2.03–2.22)

patients with indoor ambulation only prefracture

Overall

30,834

14,200

2189

30.2 (29.7–30.7)

611 (604–618)

   

Mobilised late

9171

3742

1099

25.1 (24.3–25.9)

523 (511–535)

 

1.00

1.00

Mobilised early

21,663

10,458

1090

32.6 (32.0–33.2)

651 (643–659)

< 0.001

1.82 (1.72–1.93)

1.78 (1.65–1.92)

patients with outdoor ambulation prefracture

Overall

100,983

55,344

3265

42.5 (42.1–42.8)

746 (743–750)

   

Mobilised late

18,064

7696

1312

27.6 (27–28.2)

588 (579–597)

 

1.00

1.00

Mobilised early

82,919

47,648

1953

46.5 (46.1–47.0)

784 (780–787)

< 0.001

2.48 (2.4–2.57)

2.28 (2.18–2.4)

patients admitted from residential care

Overall

23,588

16,252

1428

50.5 (49.7–51.2)

779 (773–784)

   

Mobilised late

7065

4448

674

42.7 (41.4–43.9)

707 (696–719)

 

1.00

1.00

Mobilised early

16,523

11,804

754

54.2 (53.2–55.2)

810 (803–817)

< 0.001

1.68 (1.59–1.79)

1.64 (1.51–1.77)

patients admitted from home

Overall

107,144

53,284

3938

37.3 (37.0–37.6)

700 (696–703)

   

Mobilised late

19,779

6977

1694

22.1 (21.6–22.6)

512 (530–521)

 

1.00

1.00

Mobilised early

87,365

46,307

2244

41.6 (41.2–42.0)

746 (742–749)

< 0.001

2.85 (2.75–2.96)

2.30 (2.19–2.41)

  1. Abbreviations: CIF Cumulative incidence function, CI Confidence interval, OR Odds ratio
  2. aAt 30 days from surgery bAt 30 days from surgery cPer 1000 patient–days. § Pepe-Mori test p-value. Two–sample test compared to mobilised 2 days or more after surgery dAdjusted for age, sex, ethnicity, fracture type, calendar period of admission, timing of surgery, comorbidity (in each subgroup analysis by hypotension, dementia, delirium the corresponding variable is excluded from the adjustment), prefracture residence (except for analysis by prefracture residence subgroup), prefracture ambulation (except for the analysis by prefracture ambulation subgroup), procedure type, day of admission and hospital volume. CIF regression at in-patient days 3, 4, 6, 8, 12, 16, 20, 24, and 30. Results based on a subset of patients with known information for adjustment variables. The analysis of patients with imputation for missing values in adjustment variables is available in supplementary file 4