{"database":"biostudies-literature","file_versions":[],"scores":null,"additional":{"submitter":["Johnson JK"],"funding":["NICHD NIH HHS"],"pagination":["444-452"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC9106906"],"repository":["biostudies-literature"],"omics_type":["Unknown"],"volume":["60(6)"],"pubmed_abstract":["<h4>Background</h4>Physical therapists (PTs) are consulted to address functional deficits during hospitalization, but the effect of PT visit frequency on patients' outcomes is not clear.<h4>Objective</h4>The objective of this study was to examine whether PT visit frequency is independently associated with functional improvement, discharge home, and both outcomes combined.<h4>Research design</h4>This was a retrospective cohort study.<h4>Subjects</h4>Patients discharged from hospitals in 1 health system between 2017 and 2020, stratified by diagnostic subgroup: cardiothoracic and vascular, general medical/surgical, neurological, oncology, and orthopedic.<h4>Measures</h4>PT visit frequency was categorized as ≤2, >2-4, >4-7, >7 visits/week. Functional improvement was defined as ≥5-point improve"],"journal":["Medical care"],"pubmed_title":["Association of Physical Therapy Treatment Frequency in the Acute Care Hospital With Improving Functional Status and Discharging Home."],"pmcid":["PMC9106906"],"funding_grant_id":["P2C HD101895"],"pubmed_authors":["Johnson JK","Stilphen M","Bethoux F","Lapin B","Rothberg MB","Adams K","Freburger JK","Keeney T"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"Association of Physical Therapy Treatment Frequency in the Acute Care Hospital With Improving Functional Status and Discharging Home.","description":"<h4>Background</h4>Physical therapists (PTs) are consulted to address functional deficits during hospitalization, but the effect of PT visit frequency on patients' outcomes is not clear.<h4>Objective</h4>The objective of this study was to examine whether PT visit frequency is independently associated with functional improvement, discharge home, and both outcomes combined.<h4>Research design</h4>This was a retrospective cohort study.<h4>Subjects</h4>Patients discharged from hospitals in 1 health system between 2017 and 2020, stratified by diagnostic subgroup: cardiothoracic and vascular, general medical/surgical, neurological, oncology, and orthopedic.<h4>Measures</h4>PT visit frequency was categorized as ≤2, >2-4, >4-7, >7 visits/week. Functional improvement was defined as ≥5-point improve","dates":{"release":"2022-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2022 Jun","modification":"2025-04-26T22:55:06.127Z","creation":"2025-04-06T17:23:51.732Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC9106906","cross_references":{"pubmed":["35293885"],"doi":["10.1097/mlr.0000000000001708","10.1097/MLR.0000000000001708"]}}