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Official Journal of the Italian Society of Orthopaedics and Traumatology

Table 2 Univariate analyses of factors associated with difficulties with discharge to home

From: Prognostic prediction in patients with hip fracture: risk factors predicting difficulties with discharge to own home

 

Home discharge group (n = 202) (n%)

Non-home discharge group (n = 143) (n%)

P value group

Male

47 (23.3)

37 (25.9)

N.S.

Age (85 years or above)

65 (32.2)

74 (51.7)

P < 0.0005

Femoral neck fracture

93 (46.0)

59 (41.3)

N.S.

Anemia

83 (41.1)

67 (46.9)

N.S.

Abnormal liver function

14 (6.9)

15 (10.5)

N.S.

Abnormal renal function

68 (33.7)

70 (49.0)

P < 0.005

Abnormal electrolytes

45 (22.3)

48 (33.6)

P < 0.00001

Glucose in urine positive

34 (16.8)

23 (16.1)

N.S.

Inflammatory finding present

125 (61.9)

86 (60.1)

N.S.

Abnormal lung function

11 (5.4)

20 (14.0)

P < 0.01

Abnormal ECG

53 (26.2)

50 (35.0)

N.S.

Chronic systemic diseases

105 (52.0)

99 (69.2)

P < 0.005

Dementia present

28 (13.9)

57 (39.9)

P < 0.00001

Ambulatory before injury

200 (99.0)

133 (93.0)

P < 0.005

  1. Analyzed by chi-square for independence teat, or Fisher’s exact probability test, N.S. not significant