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Table 2 Patient CTM-15 score and acute care use in 30 days by patient sex, race, neighborhood deprivation, and primary caregiver relationship

From: Preparedness for care transitions to home and acute care use of skilled nursing facility patients

Variable

N

CTM-15, Mean (SD)

Acute Care Use Days, Mean (SD)

Spearman Rank Correlation

Overall

249

72.90 (17.52)

0.62 (2.58)

-0.048

Patient sex

    

 Male

92

71.77 (17.09)

0.83 (3.63)

-0.16

 Female

157

73.56 (17.80)

0.50 (1.69)

0.01

Patient Race

    

 Black

62

74.32 (16.54)

0.31 (1.06)

0.08

 White

183

72.01 (17.79)

0.74 (2.94)

-0.08

Charlson Total Score

    

2–5

71

72.24 (15.48)

0.54 (1.93)

-0.19

6–7

67

76.76 (15.82)

0.43 (1.36)

-0.08

8–9

72

72.08 (19.14)

0.49 (2.12)

0.03

10–15

39

69.02 (20.00)

1.33 (4.93)

0.11

Patient Area Deprivation Index score (National) (1-100)

    

 5–54

63

70.04 (19.44)

0.32 (1.90)

-0.08

 55–65

63

73.96 (17.14)

0.79 (2.33)

-0.23

 66–79

63

74.55 (16.39)

1.02 (4.02)

0.02

 80–99

60

73.07 (17.02)

0.33 (1.05)

0.04

Caregiver Relationship

    

 Adult Children

 (Son or Daughter)

116

73.47 (15.35)

0.27 (0.96)

0.17

 Other Family or Non-relative

73

74.03 (18.70)

1.01 (3.97)

-0.11

 Spouse

56

69.78 (19.87)

0.88 (2.63)

-0.27