Predicting admission to post-acute inpatient rehabilitation in patients with acute stroke
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https://doi.org/10.2340/16501977-2739Keywords:
post-acute care, outcome assessment, quality of care, subacute care, rehabilitation, strokeAbstract
Objective: To identify predictors of admission to post-acute inpatient rehabilitation settings follow-ing acute care for stroke survivors in Taiwan. Design: Prospective observation study. Participants: Stroke survivors (n?=?558) admitted to acute care wards for inpatient rehabilitation (62% male; mean age 60.0???12.2 years). Methods: The primary outcome was whether survivors were admitted to post-acute inpatient rehabilitation settings after discharge from acute care wards. Logistic regression model was adopted to examine the predictors of admission to post-acute inpatient rehabilitation. A receiver operating characteristic curve was drawn to compute the ability of the predictors to discriminate the outcome. Results: Multivariate analysis results indicated Activity Measure Post-Acute Care ?6-Clicks? Basic Mobility score to be the only significant predictor of admission to post-acute inpatient rehabilitation (odds ratio?=?0.44, 95% confidence interval: 0.34?0.56). Receiver operating characteristic curve analysis results indicated that the cut-off point for Basic Mobility was 13 (standardized score: 33.99). This yielded a sensitivity value of 0.98 and a specificity value of 0.96 for determining the admission to post-acute inpatient rehabilitation. Conclusion: Activity Measure Post-Acute Care ?6-Clicks? Basic Mobility subscale scores at admission for acute care can predict admission to post-acute inpatient rehabilitation for stroke survivors in Taiwan. This tool can aid clinicians in formulating adequate discharge plans at an early stage, and thus improve the quality of care.Downloads
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