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Table 2 Patient characteristics

From: Extended mobility scale (AMEXO) for assessing mobilization and setting goals after gastrointestinal and oncological surgery: a before-after study

Characteristics

JH-HLMa scale (n = 135)

AMEXOb scale (n = 238)

p values

Age (years) (median, IQR)

63 (50–71)

64 (51–72)

p = 0.647

Sex (male) (n, %)

72 (53.3)

149 (62.6)

p = 0.100

Surgical area (n, %)

  

p = 0.827

 Upper gastrointestinal surgery

29 (21.5)

56 (23.5)

 

 Hepato-pancreato-biliary surgery

46 (34.1)

84 (35.3)

 

 Colorectal surgery

60 (44.4)

98 (41.2)

 

Number of elective admissions (n, %)

129 (95.6)

211 (88.7)

p = 0.024

Hospital length of stay (days) (median, IQR)

7 (5–11)

7 (5–12)

p = 0.616

 Missing data (n, %)*

0 (0.0)

1 (0.4)

 

Katz activities of daily living scorec (n, % of patients scoring ≥ 1)

1 (2.2)

5 (6.2)

p = 0.416

 Missing data (n, %)*

89 (65.9)

157 (66.0)

 

John Hopkins fall risk assessment tool

  

p > 0.999

 Low risk (n, %)

46 (34.1)

81 (34.0)

 

 Moderate risk (n, %)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

 

 High risk (n, %)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

 

 Missing (n, %)*

89 (65.9)

157 (66.0)

 
  1. aJohn Hopkins Highest Level of Mobility; bAmsterdam UMC Extension of the John Hopkins Highest Level of mObility; *Missing data only reported if present; cnumber of patients scoring 1 to 6 on the Katz Activities of Daily Living