Study comparing the XXXX unit outcome and conventional ward treatment: a randomized study in Joinville, Brazil.

@entity1 @entity64 @entity204
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: To assess the impact of a @entity64 unit (SU) on acute phase treatment when compared to a conventional general ward treatment (GW). METHOD: Seventy-four @entity1 with @entity64 were randomized between a SU and conventional general ward (GW). We compared both groups regarding the length of hospital stay, lethality and functional and clinical status within 6 months, using the Scandinavian scale and Barthel index. RESULTS: Thirty-five and thirty-nine @entity1 were allocated at SU and GW, respectively. Lethality on the 10th day at SU and GW achieved 8.5% and 12.8% respectively (p= 0.41), whereas 30-days mortality rates achieved 14.2% and 28.2% (p= 0.24), 17.4% and 28.7% on the 3rd month (p= 0.39), and 25.7% and 30.7% on the 6th month (p= 0.41). Thirty-day survival curve achieved 1.8 log rank (p= 0.17), with a trend for lower lethality in the SU. In order to save one @entity204 in 6 months in SU, NNT (the number need to treat) was 20; to get one more home independent @entity1 NNT was 15. No significant difference was found between the length of hospital stay and morbidity. CONCLUSION: No significant benefit was found in SU @entity1 compared to GW group. However,an evident benefit in absolute numbers was observed in lethality, survival curve and NNT in thirty days period after @entity64 . Further collaborative studies or incresead number of @entity1 are required to define the role of SU.
