Journal of Clinical Medicine Research, ISSN 1918-3003 print, 1918-3011 online, Open Access
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Original Article

Volume 8, Number 3, March 2016, pages 210-214


The MacNew Questionnaire Is a Helpful Tool for Predicting Unplanned Hospital Readmissions After Coronary Revascularization

Figure

Figure 1.
Figure 1. In the graph there is the representation of the respective probabilities of experiencing one or more unscheduled hospitalizations in the patients with MacNew global score equal or inferior to the median (white continuous line) and in those with MacNew global score above the median of the entire population (yellow dashed line). All of the considered patients had undergone a revascularization procedure. Median time delay between revascularization and administration of the questionnaire was 55 days (IQR: 25 - 79 days). A higher (above the median) MacNew global score was associated with a significantly decreased risk of new unplanned hospitalizations over a follow-up of 36 months. P < 0.0001 (log rank test). IQR: interquartile range.

Tables

Table 1. Univariate Cox Proportional Hazards Regression Analysis
 
The analysis denotes that as the MacNew global score becomes higher, the risk of hospitalizations significantly decreases. So, a relatively high MacNew global score is associated with a reduced risk of re-hospitalizations (protective association). Exp(b): hazard ratio; CI: confidence interval.
Survival timeFollow-up (months)
EndpointHospitalization
Cases summary
Number of events4220.10%
Number censored16779.90%
Total number of cases209100.00%
Significance levelP < 0.0001
Coefficients and standard errors
CovariatebSEPExp(b)95% CI of Exp(b)
Global score-0.84110.1125< 0. 00010.43120.3463 - 0.5370

 

Table 2. Multivariate Cox Proportional Hazards Regression Analysis
 
Survival timeFollow-up (months)
EndpointHospitalization
Cases summary
Number of events4220.10%
Number censored16779.90%
Total number of cases209100.00%
Significance levelP < 0.0001
Coefficients and standard errors
CovariatebSEPExp(b)95% CI of Exp(b)
Global score classes above (1) and below (0) the median-2.42480.5267< 0.00010.08850.0317 - 0.2472
Age-0.00070660.026540.97880.99930.9489 - 1.0524
History of AMI-0.49930.31690.11510.60690.3272 - 1.1259
Male sex-0.03240.31070.91690.96810.5282 - 1.7744