Variable | Intervention (n = 95) | Control (n = 66) | All (n = 161) | |
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Participant status | Patient | 85 (89.5%) | 56 (84.8%) | 141 (87.6%) |
Informal carer | 10 (10.5%) | 10 (15.2%) | 20 (12.4%) | |
Gender | Male | 48 (50.5%) | 18 (27.3%) | 66 (41.0%) |
Female | 47 (49.5%) | 48 (72.7%) | 95 (59.0%) | |
Age (years) | N | 95 (100.0%) | 66 (100.0%) | 161 (100.0%) |
Mean (SD) | 83.3 (5.2) | 83.7 (4.8) | 83.4 (5.0) | |
Median (IQR) | 83.0 (79, 87) | 83.5 (81, 86) | 83.0 (79, 87) | |
Min, Max | 75.0, 95.0 | 75.0, 95.0 | 75.0, 95.0 | |
Ethnicity | White British | 91 (95.8%) | 66 (100.0%) | 157 (97.5%) |
White Irish | 2 (2.1%) | 0 (0.0%) | 2 (1.2%) | |
White other | 1 (1.1%) | 0 (0.0%) | 1 (0.6%) | |
Pakistani | 1 (1.1%) | 0 (0.0%) | 1 (0.6%) | |
Number of previous hospital admissions in the previous 12 monthsa | 0 | 52 (54.7%) | 30 (45.5%) | 82 (50.9%) |
1 | 16 (16.8%) | 18 (27.3%) | 34 (21.1%) | |
2 | 13 (13.7%) | 12 (18.2%) | 25 (15.5%) | |
3 | 4 (4.2%) | 0 (0.0%) | 4 (2.5%) | |
4+ | 5 (5.3%) | 5 (7.6%) | 10 (6.2%) | |
Not reported | 5 (5.3%) | 1 (1.5%) | 6 (3.7%) | |
Barthel indexa | N | 95 (100.0%) | 66 (100.0%) | 161 (100.0%) |
Mean (SD) | 14.3 (4.3) | 13.0 (4.5) | 13.8 (4.4) | |
Median (IQR) | 15.0 (10, 18) | 14.0 (10, 17) | 15.0 (10, 17) | |
Min, max | 4, 20 | 1, 20 | 1, 20 | |
Functional Comorbidity Indexa | N | 95 (100.0%) | 66 (100.0%) | 161 (100.0%) |
Mean (SD) | 3.7 (2.1) | 3.5 (2.0) | 3.6 (2.0) | |
Median (IQR) | 3.0 (2, 5) | 3.0 (2, 4) | 3.0 (2, 5) | |
Min, max | 0, 10 | 0, 9 | 0, 10 |