Performance-based functional impairment and readmission and death: a prospective study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Readmission and death are frequent after a hospitalisation and difficult to predict. While many predictors have been identified, few studies have focused on functional status. We assessed whether performance-based functional impairment at discharge is associated with readmission and death after an acute medical hospitalisation.

Design, setting and participants

We prospectively included patients aged ≥50 years admitted to the Department of General Internal Medicine of a large community hospital. Functional status was assessed shortly before discharge using the Timed Up and Go test performed twice in a standard way by trained physiotherapists and was defined as a test duration ≥15 s. Sensitivity analyses using a cut-off at >10 and >20 s were performed.

Primary an

SUBMITTER: Aubert CE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5726050 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature