Association of Caregiver Availability and Training With Patient Community Discharge After Stroke.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To examine the association between committed caregivers and caregiver training with community discharge from inpatient rehabilitation after a stroke.

Design

Secondary analysis of data extracted from electronic health records linked with the Uniform Data System for Medical Rehabilitation.

Setting

Three hospital-based inpatient rehabilitation facilities (IRF) in a major metropolitan area.

Participants

1397 adult patients (mean ± SD age: 69.4 [13.5]; 724 men) transferred from an acute care setting to inpatient rehabilitation after an ischemic or hemorrhagic stroke (N=1397).

Intervention

None.

Main outcome measure

Community discharge from IRF.

Results

82.4% of patients had caregivers, 63.4% of patient caregivers received training at t

SUBMITTER: Bosch PR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10036223 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature