Patients Undergoing Subacute Physical Rehabilitation following an Acute Hospital Admission Demonstrated Improvement in Cognitive Functional Task Independence

Table 1

Demographic and clinical characteristics of the sample.

Participants with both assessments completed	Total
Mean age (standard deviation)	76.5 (12.2) years
Female	(50%)
Primary reason for hospital admission category	, (%)
Fall^*	119 (16.9%)
Cardiac	81 (11.5%)
Pulmonary	73 (10.4%)
Vascular	48 (6.8%)
General medicine admission	189 (26.8%)
Other surgical admissions^*	71 (10.1%)
Musculoskeletal^*	28 (4.0%)
Other, not elsewhere classified	95 (13.5%)

No patients with neurological conditions, limb amputations, or orthopaedic conditions (requiring surgery, joint immobilisation, prescribed movement limitations, or weight-bearing limitations) were included in the sample.