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Table 2 Results of the multilevel regression analyses on the outcomes for the pre-Hospital Elder Life Program (pre-HELP) and HELP groups

From: HELP! Problems in executing a pragmatic, randomized, stepped wedge trial on the Hospital Elder Life Program to prevent delirium in older patients

 

Pre-HELP

 

HELP

 

GLMa

 

n

 

n

 

estimate

Confidence interval

During hospital stay

Incident delirium (%)

117

23.9

223

15.2

OR = 0.51

0.22–1.19

LoS, median (IQR)

151

9.0 (7–12)

332

9.0 (6–13)

RR = 1.06

0.97–1.16

Change EQ-5D, mean (SD)

100

0.13 (0.32)

235

0.13 (0.29)

β = −0.01

−0.09–0,06

At 3-month follow-up

(Re-)admittance to hospital (%)

80

21.3

237

24.9

OR = 1.24

0.65–2.37

Admittance to institution (%)

78

43.6

232

37.9

OR = 1.06

0.59–1.90

  1. LoS length of stay, EQ-5D EuroQol 5 dimensions quality of life questionnaire, SD standard deviation, IQR interquartile range, GLM General Linear Models, OR odds ratio, RR risk ratio
  2. aIncident delirium, (re-)admittance to hospital and admittance to institution were analyzed using logistic, LoS using Poisson and change in EQ-5D using linear regression multilevel models. All GLM analyses were adjusted for age, sex and baseline Activities of Daily Living (ADL) and for clustering and time effect