The Revised Identification of Seniors At Risk screening tool predicts readmission in older hospitalized patients: a cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The Identification of Seniors at Risk (ISAR) screening tool is a widely-used risk stratification tool for older adults in the emergency department (ED). Few studies have investigated the use of ISAR to predict outcomes of hospitalized patients. To improve usability a revised version of ISAR (ISAR-R), was developed in a quality improvement project. The ISAR-R is also widely used, although never formally validated. To address these two gaps in knowledge, we aimed to assess the ability of the ISAR-R to predict readmission in a cohort of older adults who were hospitalized (admitted from the ED) and discharged home.

Methods

This was a secondary analysis of data collected in a pre-post evaluation of a patient discharge education tool. Participants were patients aged 65

SUBMITTER: McCusker J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9682664 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature