Susan D Horn1, John D Corrigan2, Cynthia L Beaulieu3, Jennifer Bogner2, Ryan S Barrett4, Clare G Giuffrida5, David K Ryser6, Kelli Cooper6, Deborah M Carroll6, Daniel Deutscher7. 1. Institute for Clinical Outcomes Research, International Severity Information Systems, Salt Lake City, UT. Electronic address: susan.horn@hsc.utah.edu. 2. Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH. 3. Brooks Rehabilitation Hospital, Jacksonville, FL. 4. Institute for Clinical Outcomes Research, International Severity Information Systems, Salt Lake City, UT. 5. Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL. 6. Neuro Specialty Rehabilitation Unit, Intermountain Medical Center, Salt Lake City, UT. 7. Maccabi Healthcare Services, Tel Aviv, Israel.
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: To examine associations of patient and injury characteristics, inpatient rehabilitation therapy activities, and neurotropic medications with outcomes at discharge and 9 months postdischarge for patients with traumatic brain injury (TBI). DESIGN: Prospective, longitudinal observational study. SETTING: Inpatient rehabilitation centers. PARTICIPANTS: Consecutive patients (N=2130) enrolled between 2008 and 2011, admitted for inpatient rehabilitation after an index TBI injury. INTERVENTIONS: Not applicable. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Rehabilitation length of stay, discharge to home, and FIM at discharge and 9 months postdischarge. RESULTS: The admission FIM cognitive score was used to create 5 relatively homogeneous subgroups for subsequent analysis of treatment outcomes. Within each subgroup, significant associations were found between outcomes and patient and injury characteristics, time spent in therapy activities, and medications used. Patient and injury characteristics explained on average 35.7% of the variation in discharge outcomes and 22.3% in 9-month outcomes. Adding time spent and level of effort in therapy activities and percentage of stay using specific medications explained approximately 20% more variation for discharge outcomes and 12.9% for 9-month outcomes. After patient, injury, and treatment characteristics were used to predict outcomes, center differences added only approximately 1.9% additional variance explained. CONCLUSIONS: At discharge, greater effort during therapy sessions, time spent in more complex therapy activities, and use of specific medications were associated with better outcomes for patients in all admission FIM cognitive subgroups. At 9 months postdischarge, similar but less pervasive associations were observed for therapy activities, but not classes of medications. Further research is warranted to examine more specific combinations of therapy activities and medications that are associated with better outcomes.
OBJECTIVE: To examine associations of patient and injury characteristics, inpatient rehabilitation therapy activities, and neurotropic medications with outcomes at discharge and 9 months postdischarge for patients with traumatic brain injury (TBI). DESIGN: Prospective, longitudinal observational study. SETTING: Inpatient rehabilitation centers. PARTICIPANTS: Consecutive patients (N=2130) enrolled between 2008 and 2011, admitted for inpatient rehabilitation after an index TBI injury. INTERVENTIONS: Not applicable. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Rehabilitation length of stay, discharge to home, and FIM at discharge and 9 months postdischarge. RESULTS: The admission FIM cognitive score was used to create 5 relatively homogeneous subgroups for subsequent analysis of treatment outcomes. Within each subgroup, significant associations were found between outcomes and patient and injury characteristics, time spent in therapy activities, and medications used. Patient and injury characteristics explained on average 35.7% of the variation in discharge outcomes and 22.3% in 9-month outcomes. Adding time spent and level of effort in therapy activities and percentage of stay using specific medications explained approximately 20% more variation for discharge outcomes and 12.9% for 9-month outcomes. After patient, injury, and treatment characteristics were used to predict outcomes, center differences added only approximately 1.9% additional variance explained. CONCLUSIONS: At discharge, greater effort during therapy sessions, time spent in more complex therapy activities, and use of specific medications were associated with better outcomes for patients in all admission FIM cognitive subgroups. At 9 months postdischarge, similar but less pervasive associations were observed for therapy activities, but not classes of medications. Further research is warranted to examine more specific combinations of therapy activities and medications that are associated with better outcomes.
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