Joel Stein1, Janet Prvu Bettger2, Alyse Sicklick3, Robin Hedeman4, Zainab Magdon-Ismail5, Lee H Schwamm6. 1. Department of Rehabilitation and Regenerative Medicine, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, NY; Division of Rehabilitation Medicine, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY; New York-Presbyterian Hospital, New York, NY. Electronic address: JS1165@columbia.edu. 2. Duke University School of Nursing, Durham, NC. 3. Gaylord Specialty Healthcare, Wallingford, CT. 4. Kessler Institute for Rehabilitation, West Orange, NJ. 5. American Heart Association/American Stroke Association - Founders Affiliate, Albany, NY. 6. Department of Neurology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA; Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA.
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: To pilot a program of formal assessment of rehabilitation needs and predictors of referral to rehabilitation. DESIGN: A prospective pilot project to collect standardized measures of stroke severity and function: National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale, premorbid modified Rankin scale, Short Portable Mental Status Questionnaire, and Barthel Index (BI). These were collected in addition to routine data in the Get With The Guidelines-Stroke registry. Logistic regression was used to examine predictors of referral to any institution-based rehabilitation versus discharge home and referral to an inpatient rehabilitation facility (IRF) versus a skilled nursing facility (SNF). SETTING: Twenty-two hospitals within the Northeast Cerebrovascular Consortium (located in the northeastern United States). PARTICIPANTS: Data were collected on individuals with acute ischemic and hemorrhagic stroke (N=736). INTERVENTIONS: Not applicable. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Discharge disposition location. RESULTS: The BI score was recorded in 736 (81%) patients. In multivariable analyses, a higher BI score (85-100) was the only factor associated with return home versus need for institution-based rehabilitation (P<.001). Among patients discharged to IRF versus SNF, discharge to IRF was less likely in older patients (odds ratio [OR], .96; confidence interval [CI], .94-.98; P<.001) and in those with prestroke disability (modified Rankin scale score, 2-5) (OR, .47; CI, .28-.78; P=.004) and more likely in those with moderate-severe (BI score, 25-40; OR, 3.26; CI, 1.45-7.30; P=.004) or moderate (BI score, 45-60; OR, 2.47; CI, 1.17-5.21; P=.018) activities of daily living (ADL) impairment. CONCLUSIONS: Formal standardized assessment of rehabilitation needs was feasible in this pilot project. Patients' sociodemographic characteristics, premorbid function, and ADL impairment discriminated better between discharge home and institution-based rehabilitation than between IRF and SNF. Selection of IRF versus SNF appears to be influenced either by unmeasured clinical characteristics of individuals with stroke or by nonclinical factors, such as cost, geography, referral relationships, or IRF availability.
OBJECTIVE: To pilot a program of formal assessment of rehabilitation needs and predictors of referral to rehabilitation. DESIGN: A prospective pilot project to collect standardized measures of stroke severity and function: National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale, premorbid modified Rankin scale, Short Portable Mental Status Questionnaire, and Barthel Index (BI). These were collected in addition to routine data in the Get With The Guidelines-Stroke registry. Logistic regression was used to examine predictors of referral to any institution-based rehabilitation versus discharge home and referral to an inpatient rehabilitation facility (IRF) versus a skilled nursing facility (SNF). SETTING: Twenty-two hospitals within the Northeast Cerebrovascular Consortium (located in the northeastern United States). PARTICIPANTS: Data were collected on individuals with acute ischemic and hemorrhagic stroke (N=736). INTERVENTIONS: Not applicable. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Discharge disposition location. RESULTS: The BI score was recorded in 736 (81%) patients. In multivariable analyses, a higher BI score (85-100) was the only factor associated with return home versus need for institution-based rehabilitation (P<.001). Among patients discharged to IRF versus SNF, discharge to IRF was less likely in older patients (odds ratio [OR], .96; confidence interval [CI], .94-.98; P<.001) and in those with prestroke disability (modified Rankin scale score, 2-5) (OR, .47; CI, .28-.78; P=.004) and more likely in those with moderate-severe (BI score, 25-40; OR, 3.26; CI, 1.45-7.30; P=.004) or moderate (BI score, 45-60; OR, 2.47; CI, 1.17-5.21; P=.018) activities of daily living (ADL) impairment. CONCLUSIONS: Formal standardized assessment of rehabilitation needs was feasible in this pilot project. Patients' sociodemographic characteristics, premorbid function, and ADL impairment discriminated better between discharge home and institution-based rehabilitation than between IRF and SNF. Selection of IRF versus SNF appears to be influenced either by unmeasured clinical characteristics of individuals with stroke or by nonclinical factors, such as cost, geography, referral relationships, or IRF availability.
Authors: Angela S Labberton; Mathias Barra; Ole Morten Rønning; Bente Thommessen; Leonid Churilov; Dominique A Cadilhac; Elizabeth A Lynch Journal: BMC Health Serv Res Date: 2019-11-21 Impact factor: 2.655