ADL recovery trajectory after discharge and its predictors among baseline-independent older inpatients.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Among the previous studies about the ADL recovery and its predictors, the researches and resources used to study and protect the baseline-independent older patients from being permanently ADL-dependent was few. We aimed to describe the level of activities of daily living (ADL) at discharge and ADL change within 6 months after discharge in older patients who were ADL-independent before admission but became dependent because of acute illness, and to identify the predictors of early rehabilitation,so as to provide the basis to early intervention.

Methods

Stratified cluster sampling was used to recruit 520 hospitalised older patients who were ADL-independent from departments of internal medicine at two tertiary hospitals from August 2017 to May 2018. Demographics, cli

SUBMITTER: Li X 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7057590 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature