Effects of a swallowing and oral care intervention for patients following endotracheal extubation: a pre- and post-intervention study

Table 2 Time to resume total oral intake by group

Participants	SOC (n = 54)	Control (n = 117)	Adjusted hazard ratio^b
Participants	Median time, days^a	Median time, days^a	[95% confidence interval]
All participants	14	16	1.77* [1.08, 2.91]
Age ≥ 65 years (n = 36/74)	14	21	2.47* [1.31, 4.67]
Age < 65 years (n = 18/43)	9	12	1.32 [0.55, 3.16]

^aMedian time to reach FOIS level 6, based on the Kaplan-Meier analysis
^bAdjusted for age, baseline intake level (FOIS level 1; levels 2–3; levels 4–7), oxygen supplementation via Cox proportional hazard modeling
*P < 0.05

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