Table 4: Patient characteristics of discharge destination and the independent predictors of institutionalization of older hospitalized patients with COVID-19 infection.

Institutionalized
 mean + sd
n = 37

Home after hospitalisation
mean + sd
n = 79

Significance
(2-tailed)

Odds ratio Institutionalization
(95% Confidence interval)

Significance

CFS, points

3.4 ± 1.7

2.7 ± 1.2

P = 0.022

1.78 (0.65-4.90)

n.s

GFI, points

4.4 ± 3.0

2.1 ± 1.8

P < 0.001

3.76 (1.43-9.90)

P = 0.007

Age, years

81 ± 8

75 ± 6

P = 0.001

1.09 (1.02-1.16)

P = 0.017

CCI, points

7.2 ± 2.9

5.7 ± 2.6

P = 0.005

1.08 (0.90-1.31)

n.s

CT-severity, points

5.6 ± 5.8

7.2 ± 4.9

n.s

1.02 (0.93-1.12)

n.s

CFS: Clinical Frailty Scale; GFI: Groningen Frailty Indicator; CCI: Charlson Comorbidity Index; n.s: not significant