Successful Geriatric Rehabilitation: Effects on Patients' Outcome of a National Program to Improve Quality of Care, the SINGER Study.
J Am Med Dir Assoc
; 18(5): 383-387, 2017 May 01.
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ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVE:
To determine whether the implementation of a national program to improve quality of care in geriatric rehabilitation (GR) in the Netherlands improves successful GR in terms of independence in activities of daily living (ADL), discharge destination, and length of stay.DESIGN:
Prospective longitudinal study, comparing 2 consecutive cohorts at the start of implementation (n = 386) and at 1 year after implementation (n = 357) of this program. SETTING/PARTICIPANTS:
Included were 16 skilled nursing facilities, 743 patients (median age 80 years, interquartile range 72-85; 64.5% females) indicated for GR and their health care professionals (elderly care physicians, physiotherapists, and nursing staff). INTERVENTION National program to stimulate self-organizing capacity to develop integrated care to improve GR service delivery in 4 domains alignment with patients' (care) needs, care coordination, team cooperation, and quality of care. MEASUREMENTS Data on patients' characteristics, functional outcomes at admission and discharge, length of stay, and discharge destination were collected via an online questionnaire sent to health care professionals. The primary outcome measure was successful rehabilitation defined as independence in ADL (Barthel Index ≥15), discharge home, and a short length of stay (lowest 25% per diagnostic group). Generalized estimating equation analysis was used to adjust for age, gender, and clustering effects in the total population and for the 2 largest diagnostic subgroups, traumatic injuries and stroke.RESULTS:
In the total population, at 1 year postimplementation there was 12% more ADL independence [odds ratio (OR) 1.59, 95% confidence interval (CI) 1.00-2.54]. Although successful rehabilitation (independence in ADL, discharge home, short length of stay) was similar in the 2 cohorts, patients with traumatic injuries were more successful 1 year postimplementation (OR 1.61, 95% CI 1.01-2.54). In stroke patients, successful rehabilitation was similar between the cohorts, but with more independence in ADL in the follow-up cohort (OR 1.99, 95% CI 1.09-3.63).CONCLUSIONS:
This study shows that 1-year after the implementation of the Dutch national program to improve quality of care there was more independence in ADL at discharge, but the combined outcome of successful GR (independence in ADL, discharge home, short length of stay) was only significantly improved in patients with traumatic injuries.Palabras clave
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Asunto principal:
Calidad de la Atención de Salud
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Rehabilitación
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Heridas y Lesiones
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Mejoramiento de la Calidad
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Rehabilitación de Accidente Cerebrovascular
Tipo de estudio:
Observational_studies
Límite:
Aged
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Aged80
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Humans
País/Región como asunto:
Europa
Idioma:
En
Revista:
J Am Med Dir Assoc
Asunto de la revista:
HISTORIA DA MEDICINA
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MEDICINA
Año:
2017
Tipo del documento:
Article
País de afiliación:
Países Bajos