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Table 3 Summary of effectiveness

From: Impact of geriatric consultation teams on clinical outcome in acute hospitals: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Study

 

Follow up

 

Functional status

 
 

Instrument

Discharge

1 month

3 months

6 months

8 months

12 months

[19]

Six-item Katz ADL

Mean (SD) (range 6 to 18)a

 

I: 11.2 (3.4)

C: 11.9 (3.1)

I: 10.0 (3.8)

C: 10.8 (3.9)

  

I: 9.8 (3.8)

C: 10.0 (3.4)

[20]

Barthel Index

Mean (SD) (range 0 to 100)b

 

I: 71.6 (32.6)

C: 68.2 (35.8)

I: 80.2 (27.3)

C: 75.0 (33.2)

I: 83.1 (26.0)

C: 81.7 (28.5)

  

[21]

Barthel Index

Increaseb

I: 85%

C: 76%

     

[22]

Barthel Index

Increase

  

I: 69%

C: 52%

I: 77%

C: 69%

 

I: 75%

C: 44%

[23]

Barthel Index

Median (IQR) (range 0 to 100)b

     

I: 90 (35)

C: 95 (35)

[26]

Basic ADL

Mean (95% CI) (range 0 to 100)b

   

I: 80.5 (78.9 to 82.1)

C: 80.2 (78.4 to 82.0)

  

[24, 27]

Seven-item ADL

Better

I: 30/88 (34%)

C: 23/90 (26%)

Same

I: 33/88 (38%)

C: 35/90 (39%)

Worse

I: 25/88 (28%)

C: 32/90 (36%)

     

[28, 29]

Chinese Barthel Index

Mean (SD) (range 0 to 100)b

 

I: 81.2 (15.5)

C: 72.9 (19.8)

I: 88.8 (13.4)

C: 79.9 (20.0)

I: 91.8 (11.4)

C: 84.1 (18.7)

 

I: 90.5 (18.4)

C: 84.4 (24.0)

[30]

Functional Assessment Inventory

Mean (SD) (range 6 to 30)a

   

I: 14.0 (3.0)

C: 14.3 (3.5)

  

[31]

Katz ADL recovery

(= same or better)

I: 2%

C: 0.7%

 

I: 66/125 (53%)

C: 52/125 (43%)

   

[32]

Physical Self-Maintenance Score

Mean (SD) (range 0 to 6)a

I: 3.2 (1.9)

C: 3.1 (2.2)

 

I: 3.4 (2.0)

C: 3.6 (2.1)

I: 3.4 (2.0)

C: 3.5 (2.2)

 

I: 3.6 (2.0)

C: 4.0 (2.1)

 

Length of stay

Mortality

  

1 month

3/4 months

6 months

8 months

12 months

[19]

I: mean 11.1 (SD 5.1)

C: mean 12.4 (SD 8.5)

I: 4/94 (4.3%)

C: 3/77 (3.9%)

I: 15/94 (16.0%)

C: 9/77 (11.7%)

  

I: 20/94 (21.3%)

C: 17/77 (22.1%)

[20]

I: mean 20.6 (SD 23.4)

C: mean 20.6 (SD 25.3)

I: 20/222 (9.0%)

C: 27/182 (14.8%)

I: 45/222 (20.3%)

C: 45/182 (24.7%)

I: 56/222 (25.2%)

C: 62/182 (34.1%)

  

[21]

I: mean 15.8 (SD 12.7)

C: mean 14.2 (SD 13.3)

 

I: 7/47 (14.9%)

C: 14/46 (30.4%)

I: 9/47 (19.1%)

C: 14/46 (30.4%)

I: 11/47 (23.4%)

C: 18/46 (39.1%)

I: 19/47 (40.4%)

C: 20/46 (43.5%)

[22]

  

I: 3/56 (5.4%)

C: 13/56 (23.2%)

I: 5/56 (8.9%)

C: 14/56 (25.0%)

I: 6/56 (10.7%)

C: 16/56 (28.6%)

I: 14/56 (25.0%)

C: 20/56 (35.7%)

[23]

I: median 24 (range 18 to 34)

C1: median 22 (range 17 to 33)

    

I: 28/150 (18.7%)

C1: 20/129 (15.5%)

[25]

I: mean 5.4 (SD 5.5)

C: mean 7.0 (SD 7.0)

     

[26]

     

I: 210/808 (26.0%)

C: 155/619 (25.0%)

[24, 27]

I: mean 18.3 (SD 16.1)

C: mean 16.6 (SD 14.9)

  

I: 17/86 (19.8%)

C: 23/87 (26.4%)

  

[28, 29]

I: mean 10.1 (SD 3.7)

C: mean 9.7 (SD 5.0)

I: 0/80 (0%)

C: 0/82 (0%)

I: 3/80 (3.8%)

C: 3/82 (3.7%)

I: 6/80 (7.5%)

C: 8/82 (9.8%)

 

I: 13/80 (16.2%)

C: 15/82 (18.3%)

[30]

I: mean 9.0 (SD 7.5)

C: mean 10.1 (SD 7.6)

  

I: 3/62 (4.8%)

C: 12/58 (20.7%)

 

I: 7/68 (10.3%)

C: 13/64 (20.3%)

[31]

I: median 16 (IQR 6)

C: median18 (IQR 11)

    

I: 29/154 (18.8%)

C: 39/155 (25.2%)

[32]

I: mean 24.8 (SD 22)

C: mean 26.7 (SD 33)

    

I: 41/99 (41.4%)

C: 35/98 (35.7%)

  

Readmission

    
  

1 month

3 months

6 months

8 months

12 months

[19]

 

I: 3/94 (3.2%)

C: 5/77 (6.5%)

I: 10/94 (10.6%)

C: 11/77 (14.3%)

  

I: 25/94 (26.6%)

C: 22/77 (28.6%)

[22]

  

I: 10/56 (17.9%)

C: 15/56 (26.8%)

  

I: 23/56 (41.0%)

C: 32/56 (56.1%)

[23]

     

I: 84/150 (56.0%)

C: 65/129 (50.4%)

[26]

  

I: 341/808 (42.2%)

C: 278/619 (44.9%)

   

[24, 27]

   

I: 29/69 (42.0%)

C: 19/64 (29.7%)

  

[28, 29]

 

I: 4/80 (5.0%)

C: 5/82 (6.1%)

I: 8/80 (10.0%)

C: 10/82 (12.2%)

I: 16/80 (20.0%)

C: 14/82 (17.1%)

 

I: 29/80 (36.3%)

C: 25/82 (30.5%)

[30]

   

I: mean 0.3 (SD 0.6)

C: mean 0.6 (SD 1.0)

  

[32]

     

I: mean 1.0 (SD 1.3)

C: mean1.2 (SD 1.7)

  1. Figures in bold show a statistically significant difference (P ≤0.05). ADL: activities of daily living; C: control group; I: intervention group; IQR: interquartile range; NA: not applicable; SD: standard deviation. aThe higher the score, the more dependent. bThe lower the score, the more dependent.