Trajectories of functional performance recovery after inpatient geriatric rehabilitation: an observational study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To identify functional performance trajectories and the characteristics of people who receive inpatient geriatric rehabilitation after hospital admissions.

Design, setting, participants

REStORing health of acutely unwell adulTs (RESORT) is an observational, prospective, longitudinal inception cohort study of consecutive patients admitted to geriatric rehabilitation wards at the Royal Melbourne Hospital. Recruitment commenced on 15 October 2017.

Main outcome measures

Functional performance, assessed with the Activities of Daily Living (ADL) and Instrumental Activities of Daily Living (IADL) scales two weeks before acute hospitalisation, on admission to and discharge from geriatric rehabilitation, and three months after discharge from geriatric rehabilitation.

SUBMITTER: Soh CH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8453869 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature