Integrated MRSA-Management (IMM) with prolonged decolonization treatment after hospital discharge is effective: a single centre, non-randomised open-label trial

Table 2 Characteristics of the study participants

A. Demographic characteristics^a		Interventional IMM-population	Inpatient control group
A. Demographic characteristics^a		(N = 99)	(N = 201)
Age		years	years
	Mean	68	71
	Standard deviation	±15	±13
	Range	27-96	20-95
Age category		N (%)	N (%)
	<65 years	35 (35 %)	56 (28 %)
	>65 years	64 (65 %)	145 (72 %)
Gender		N (%)	N (%)
	Male	60 (61 %)	122 (61 %)
	Female	39 (39 %)	79 (39 %)
Skin alterations		N (%)	N (%)
	With skin alterations	60 (61 %)	136 (68 %)
	Without skin alterations	39 (39 %)	65 (32 %)
B. Study entry description
Patients with entry in the study from		N (%)	N (%)
	Hospital	62 (63 %)	Hospital inpatient, by default
	Long-term care	12 (12 %)
	Patient’s home	25 (25 %)
Discharge location (IMM only)
	Hospital	0	not applicable
	Long-term care	22 (22 %)
	Patient’s home	77 (78 %)
Patients not completing		6 (6 %)	0
Protocol violations		9 (9 %)	0
Per protocol Set (PPS)		N = 84	N = 54^b

^at-test (age): p > 0.05. Chi-square test (gender, skin alterations): p > 0.05
^bPPS inpatient control group: LOS of 22 ± 3 decolonization days or three negative MRSA-swabs