Table 1 Patient demographics, baseline characteristics and peri-operative care in the pre-pandemic (PP) and pandemic (P) groups. Values are numbers (percentages) unless stated otherwise
PP (n = 108) | P (n = 252) | Overall (n = 360) | p-value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Patient demographics and baseline characteristics | ||||
Female gender, n (%) | 81 (75.0) | 199 (79.0) | 280 (78.0) | 0.41 |
Median (IQR) age, (years) | 82 (12) | 86 (10) | 85 (11) | 0.006 |
Presence of PUs at admission, n (%) | 10 (9.3) | 17 (6.8) | 27 (7.6) | 0.70 |
Patients with a femoral neck fracture, n (%) | 74 (68.5) | 120 (47.6) | 194 (54.0) | 0.001 |
Median (IQR) Braden Index scorea | 15 (2) | 15 (2) | 15 (2) | 0.22 |
Peri-operative care | ||||
Median (IQR) length of stay (days) | 8.5 (4) | 9.0 (6) | 9.0 (5) | 0.015 |
Median (IQR) pre-operative length of stays (days) | 2 (1) | 1 (1) | 1 (1) | 0.03 |
Median (IQR) post-operative length of stays (days) | 7 (4) | 7 (6) | 7 (4) | 0.004 |
Patients with an anti-decubitus air mattress, n (%) | 97 (89.8) | 209 (82.9) | 306 (85.0) | 0.094 |
Patients with a urinary catheter inserted in hospital, n (%) | 76 (70.4) | 173 (68.7) | 249 (69.2) | 0.75 |
Patients with a urinary catheter inserted in hospital or at home, n (%) | 91 (84.3) | 230 (91.3) | 321 (89.2) | 0.05 |
Patients with a urinary catheter at discharge, n (%) | 41 (38.0) | 94 (37.3) | 135 (37.5) | 0.91 |
Median (IQR) days with a urinary catheter | 7 (4) | 8 (5) | 7 (5) | 0.017 |
Median percentage (IQR) of changes of position while in bed of those excpected. | 88 (11) | 100 (8) | 92 (17) | < 0.001 |
Patients with Osteosynthesis surgery, n (%) | 46 (43.0) | 133 (52.8) | 179 (49.9) | 0.074 |