Baseline Nutritional Status and Rehabilitation Progress in Individuals Requiring Inpatient Rehabilitation: A Retrospective Cohort Study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To evaluate the relationships between baseline nutritional status, medical events (MEs), and rehabilitation outcomes in individuals undergoing inpatient rehabilitation (IR).

Design

A retrospective single center cohort study.

Setting

An IR ward.

Participants

This study included 409 patients (mean age, 80 years; men, 170 [42%]) undergoing IR for hospital-associated deconditioning, neurologic disorders, or musculoskeletal diseases. Participants were grouped according to the Controlling Nutritional Status score at admission: normal nutrition (NN): 0 to 1, mild malnutrition (MM): 2 to 4, and moderate/severe malnutrition (M/SM): 5 to 12.

Interventions

None.

Main outcome measures

The primary outcomes included MEs leading to death or acute illne

SUBMITTER: Arai H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11447536 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature