The role of patient-related factors in the implementation of a multimodal home-based rehabilitation intervention after discharge from inpatient geriatric rehabilitation (GeRas): a qualitative process evaluation.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Structured aftercare programs are implemented to facilitate the transition from rehabilitation centers to patients' home environments. Taking the program GeRas as an example, this paper aims to evaluate the influence of patient-related factors on the implementation of the geriatric aftercare program GeRas from patients' and providers' perspectives.

Methods

To capture patients' and providers' perspectives, qualitative interviews were conducted using a semi-structured interview guide. The analysis was inductive-deductive and based on the thematic analysis by Braun and Clarke and guided by Domain IV of the CFIR.

Results

16 participants (10 patients, 4 providers, 2 family members) were interviewed from May 2023 to November 2023. Patient-related factors were per

SUBMITTER: Maier L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11614932 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature