The course of readmission in frail older cardiac patients.

ABSTRACT:

Aim

The aim of this study is to explore patients' and (in)formal caregivers' perspectives on their role(s) and contributing factors in the course of unplanned hospital readmission of older cardiac patients in the Cardiac Care Bridge (CCB) program.

Design

This study is a qualitative multiple case study alongside the CCB randomized trial, based on grounded theory principles.

Methods

Five cases within the intervention group, with an unplanned hospital readmission within six months after randomization, were selected. In each case, semi-structured interviews were held with patients (n = 4), informal caregivers (n = 5), physical therapists (n = 4), and community nurses (n = 5) between April and June 2019. Patients' medical records were collected to reconstruct care processe

SUBMITTER: Rijpkema CJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8251632 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature