The integrated care pathway reduced the number of hospital days by half: a prospective comparative study of patients with acute hip fracture

Table 1 Baseline data.

Data	Comparison N = 56	Intervention N = 56	P-value	Data	Comparison N = 56	Intervention N = 56	P-value
Female/male	42/14	41/15	1.0	Type of living
Mean age	84	84		Flat	31	37	0.3
SD	(7.0)	(6.9)	0.9	House	13	7
				Service flat	12	12
Living
With someone	19	14		Need of home help services
Alone	37	42	0.4	None	34	28	0.4
				Once a week	7	9
				Daily	15	19
Place of accident				Type of walking aid
At home	41	43	0.8	None	27	22	0.3
Outside home	15	13		Stick	11	8
				Walking frame	18	26
Number of co-morbidities				Gait capacity •
Mean	2	3		Walking outdoors alone	31	26	0.4
Range	(0–8)	(0–8)	0.3	Walking outdoors with assistance	9	11
				Walking indoors alone	13	13
				Walking indoors with assistance	2	6
General medical health†				Cognitive functioning at admission††
A	10	5	0.1	Mean	8	7	0.4
B	33	29		Median	9	8
C	13	22		Range	(3–10)	(3–10)
Intra-capsular fracture	29	21	0.1	Pre-fracture independence†††•
Hemiartroplasty	28	18		80 – 100 %	36	35	0.3
Osteosynthesis with	1	3		60 – 79 %	13	10
Two parallel nails				< 60 %	6	11
Extra capsular fracture	27	35		Mean	84	82
				SD	(16.5)	(23.1)

Data on pre-fracture and admission status are from the patients in both groups. There were no differences in pre-fracture demographics between the two groups.
• Missing data. Three patients died in the comparison group. Their available data were used.
† Ceder scale.
†† Pfeiffer's test.
††† Functional Recovery Scale.

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