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Table 2 Baseline characteristics

From: Are weekend inpatient rehabilitation services value for money? An economic evaluation alongside a randomized controlled trial with a 30 day follow up

Characteristic

Randomized (n = 996)

 

Intervention (n = 496)

Control (n = 500)

Age (years), mean (SD)

75 (13)

74 (13)

Gender, number males (%)

189 (38)

176 (35)

Diagnosis category, number (%)

  

  Stroke

81 (16)

79 (16)

  Other neurological conditions

19 (4)

24 (5)

  Orthopedic conditions

284 (57)

297 (59)

  Pain syndromes

24 (5)

19 (4)

  Cardiac/Pulmonary

25 (5)

23 (5)

  Other disabling impairments

63 (13)

58 (12)

Charlson co-morbidity index [34], mean (SD)

1 (1)

1 (1)

  1. SD, standard deviation.