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Table 1 Patient characteristics and demographics, based on different groupings and subgroupings

From: Risk stratification and rapid geriatric screening in an emergency department – a quasi-randomised controlled trial

 

n

Control + Mixed

Intervention only

 

Control only

Mixed only

Intervention + Mixed

Missed

500

280

394

106

386

182

Age

Median

77

77

p = 0.21

77

78

78

77

Gender

M

219

43.8%

130

46.4%

p = 0.53

184

46.7%

35

33.0%

165

42.7%

80

44.0%

F

281

56.2%

150

53.6%

210

53.3%

71

67.0%

221

57.3%

102

56.0%

Race

Chinese

415

83.0%

236

84.3%

p = 0.76

327

83.0%

88

83.0%

324

83.9%

145

79.7%

Malay

30

6.0%

18

6.4%

24

6.1%

6

5.7%

24

6.2%

19

10.4%

Indian

48

9.6%

21

7.5%

38

9.6%

10

9.4%

31

8.0%

15

8.2%

Others

7

1.4%

5

1.8%

5

1.3%

2

1.9%

7

1.8%

3

1.6%

PAC Score

1

5

1.0%

0

0.0%

p = 0.32

4

1.0%

1

0.9%

1

0.3%

6

3.3%

2

268

53.6%

155

55.4%

210

53.3%

58

54.7%

213

55.2%

100

54.9%

3

226

45.2%

125

44.6%

180

45.7%

46

43.4%

171

44.3%

75

41.2%

4

1

0.2%

0

0.0%

0

0.0%

1

0.9%

1

0.3%

1

0.5%

TRST Score

2

373

74.6%

184

65.7%

p = 0.01

308

78.2%

65

61.3%

249

64.5%

129

70.9%

3

102

20.4%

73

26.1%

71

18.0%

31

29.2%

104

26.9%

48

26.4%

4

22

4.4%

21

7.5%

13

3.3%

9

8.5%

30

7.8%

4

2.2%

5

2

0.4%

2

0.7%

2

0.5%

0

0.0%

2

0.5%

1

0.5%

6

1

0.2%

0

0.0%

0

0.0%

1

0.9%

1

0.3%

0

0.0%

 

≥3

127

25.4%

96

34.3%

 

86

21.8%

41

38.7%

137

35.5%

53

29.1%

0BADL

Mean

18.67

18.45

p = 0.27

18.64

18.77

18.54

NA

0IADL

Mean

24.18

22.84

p < 0.01

24.37

23.47

23.02

NA