Clinical Study
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 |
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(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 |
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