The effect of care transition pathway implementation on patients undergoing joint replacement during the COVID-19 pandemic: a quasi-experimental study from a tertiary care hospital orthopedic department in Beijing, China

Table 2 Comparison of CTM-C-determined joint replacement transitional care quality in patients of both groups considered

Groups	Number	Dimension 1 [M (Q25, Q75)]	Dimension 2 [M (Q25, Q75)]	Dimension 3 [M (Q25, Q75)]	Dimension 4 [M (Q25, Q75)]	Total factor [M (Q25, Q75)]
CG	51	95.83 (83.33, 100.00)	100.00 (83.33, 100.00)	100.00 (83.33, 100.00)	88.89 (55.55, 100.00)	90.20 (82.35, 98.04)
OG	45	100.00 (95.83, 100.00)	100.00 (100.0, 100.00)	100.00 (100.00, 100.00)	100.00 (83.33, 100.00)	100.00 (94.11, 100.00)
Z		−2.663	−3.039	−2.619	−3.163	−3.789
P**		0.008*	0.002*	0.009*	0.002*	0.000*

Dimension 1, general self-care preparation; dimension 2, written plan; dimension 3, doctor-patient communication; and dimension 4, health monitoring
CTM-C, Chinese version of Care Transition Measure; M, median; Q, quartile; CG, control group; OG, observation group
*Significant difference among the groups (P < 0.01)
**P values were calculated using the Mann-Whitney U test

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