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Table 1 Demographics of patients readmitted and not readmitted for infections, gastrointestinal and immobility complications within one year of incident stroke hospitalisation discharge

From: Temporal trends and risk factors for readmission for infections, gastrointestinal and immobility complications after an incident hospitalisation for stroke in Scotland between 1997 and 2005

 

Total

Not Readmitted

Readmitted

% readmitted

 

(n = 51182)

(n = 43435)

(n = 7747)

(overall 15.1)

Age group (years):

    

<55

6909 (13.5)

6294 (14.5)

615 (7.9)

8.9

55 – 64

8238 (16.1)

7293 (16.8)

945 (12.2)

11.5

65 – 74

13909 (27.2)

11832 (27.2)

2077 (26.8)

14.9

75 – 84

15413 (30.1)

12655 (29.1)

2758 (35.6)

17.9

85+

6713 (13.1)

5361 (12.3)

1352 (17.5)

20.1

Sex:

    

Men

24754 (48.4)

21170 (48.7)

3584 (46.3)

14.5

Women

26428 (51.6)

22265 (51.3)

4163 (53.7)

15.8

Socioeconomic status:

    

1 (least deprived)

6805 (13.3)

5855 (13.5)

950 (12.3)

14.0

2

8398 (16.4)

7149 (16.5)

1249 (16.1)

14.9

3

10265 (20.1)

8727 (20.0)

1538 (19.8)

15.0

4

11797 (23.1)

9934 (22.8)

1863 (24.1)

15.8

5 (most deprived)

13060 (25.5)

10942 (25.2)

2118 (27.3)

16.2

Missing

857 (1.7)

828 (2.0)

29 (0.4)

 

Comorbidity:

    

No comorbidity

12724 (24.9)

11432 (26.2)

1292 (16.7)

10.2

Diabetes

5946 (11.6)

4862 (11.2)

1084 (14.0)

18.2

Cancer

3569 (7.0)

2904 (6.7)

665 (8.6)

18.6

Respiratory disease

4270 (8.3)

3338 (7.7)

932 (12.3)

21.8

Heart failure

3321 (6.5)

2570 (5.9)

751 (9.7)

22.6

Peripheral arterial disease

3078 (6.0)

2492 (5.7)

586 (7.6)

19.0

Atrial fibrillation

7429 (14.5)

6145 (14.1)

1284 (16.6)

17.3

Essential hypertension

15824 (30.9)

13428 (30.9)

2396 (30.9)

15.1

Renal failure

1481 (2.9)

1130 (2.6)

351 (4.5)

23.7

Coronary heart disease

10133 (19.8)

8255 (19.0)

1878 (24.2)

18.5

Rheumatic/Valvular heart disease

1561 (3.1)

1284 (2.9)

277 (3.6)

17.7

Depression

1261 (2.5)

1023 (2.4)

238 (7.1)

18.9

Parkinsonism

493 (1.0)

386 (1.0)

107 (1.4)

21.7

Dementia

1987 (3.9)

1586 (3.7)

401 (5.2)

20.2

Alcohol misuse

2562 (5.0)

2021 (4.7)

541 (7.0)

21.2

Infections

8609 (16.8)

6675 (15.4)

1934 (25.0)

22.5

Immobility

8021 (15.7)

6312 (14.5)

1709 (22.1)

21.3

Gastrointestinal

12527 (24.5)

9715 (22.4)

2812 (36.3)

22.4

Discharge destination:

    

Home

40129 (78.4)

34057 (78.4)

6072 (78.4)

15.1

Care/Nursing

10225 (20.0)

8712 (20.1)

1513 (19.5)

14.8

Other

183 (0.4)

152 (0.3)

31 (0.4)

16.9

Missing

645 (1.3)

514 (1.2)

131 (1.6)

 

Length of stay (days):

    

1 – 7

14100 (27.6)

12519 (28.8)

1581 (20.4)

11.2

8 – 14

9047 (17.7)

7735 (17.8)

1312 (16.9)

14.5

15 – 21

5248 (10.3)

4434 (10.2)

814 (10.5)

15.5

22 – 28

3532 (6.9)

2911 (6.7)

621 (8.0)

17.6

29+

19255 (37.6)

15836 (36.5)

3419 (44.1)

17.8

Year of discharge:

    

1997 – 1999

17083 (33.4)

14602 (33.6)

2481 (32.0)

14.5

2000 – 2002

17648 (34.5)

14954 (34.4)

2694 (34.8)

15.3

2003 – 2005

16451 (32.1)

13879 (32.0)

2572 (33.2)

15.6