Risk of Venous Thromboembolism in Patients Nursed at Home or in Long-Term Care Residential Facilities

Table 1

Main characteristics of patients. The minimum and maximum, mean, median and first (Q1) and third (Q3) quartiles are reported for continuous variables.

(a) Continuous variables

Variable	Min–Max	Mean	Median	Q1–Q3
Age (years)	23–102	85.67	88	82–92
Hours/day spent in wheelchair or chair	0–4	8	7.217	6–8
Hours/day spent in bed	10–24	16.78	16	16–18
Time of onset of reduced mobility (months ago)	0–1042	38.28	18	6–36

(b) Categorical variables

Variable	No. of patients	%
Cause of limited mobility
Cognitive impairment/dementia	98	44.3
Neurodegenerative disease/ paralytic stroke	47	21.3
Osteoarticular disease	48	21.7
Other	28	12.7
COPD
No	190	86.0
Yes	31	14.0
Chronic heart failure
No	84	38.0
Yes	137	62.0
Cancer
No	212	95.9
Yes	9	4.1
Cerebrovascular disease
No	177	80.1
Yes	44	19.9
Previous VTE
No	196	88.7
Yes	25	11.3
Bathroom with help
No	128	57.9
Yes	93	42.1
Walking with help
No	173	78.3
Yes	48	21.7
Leg edema
No	160	72.4
Yes	61	27.6
Bilateral	55	90.2
Unilateral	6	9.8