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Table 2 Outcomes after 1 year for i-CGA and control groups, for all residents and those living with severe frailty

From: IT-assisted comprehensive geriatric assessment for residents in care homes: quasi-experimental longitudinal study

Outcomes

Frailty Status

Total

Intervention group

Treatment difference

P value

Control (n = 100)

i-CGA (n = 196)

Change in unplanned admissions / person years alive

Overall

0.4 ± 0.36

1.01 ± 0.88

0.04 ± 0.34

-0.97 ± 0.94

0.16

Severe frailty

0.29 ± 0.56

1.18 ± 1.46

-0.16 ± 0.10

-1.34 ± 1.52

0.22

Change in unplanned bed days / person years alive

Overall

3.9 ± 3.8

8.4 ± 8.0

1.7 ± 4.1

-6.8 ± 9.0

0.45

Severe frailty

1.5 ± 5.0

4.6 ± 9.6

0.04 ± 5.9

-4.5 ± 11.2

0.99

Advance care plan in place (%)

Overall

91

72

100

 

< 0.0001

Severe frailty

90

71

100

 

< 0.0001

Mortality (%)

Overall

51

57

48

 

0.1

Severe frailty

62

77

55

 

0.0013

Died in care home (%)

Overall

74

68

78

 

0.41

Died in hospital (%)

19

23

16

 

0.26

Died in unknown location (%)

7

9

6

 

0.43

Died in care home (%)

Severe frailty

79

72

84

 

0.337

Died in hospital (%)

13

21

7

 

0.008

Died in unknown location (%)

9

7

10

 

0.467