No / OBJECTIVES: To compare the effects of community hospital care on independence for older people needing rehabilitation with that of general hospital care.
DESIGN: Randomized, controlled trial.
SETTING: Seven community hospitals and five general hospitals in the midlands and north of England.
PARTICIPANTS: Four hundred ninety patients needing rehabilitation after hospital admission with an acute illness.
INTERVENTION: Multidisciplinary team care for older people in community hospitals.
MEASUREMENTS: The primary outcome was the Nottingham extended activities of daily living scale (NEADL); secondary outcomes were the Barthel Index, Nottingham Health Profile, Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale, mortality, discharge destination, 6-month residence status, and satisfaction with services.
RESULTS: Loss of independence at 6 months was significantly less likely in the community hospital group (mean adjusted NEADL change score group difference 3.27; 95% confidence interval 0.26–6.28; P=.03). The results for the secondary outcome measures were similar for the two groups.
CONCLUSION: Postacute community hospital rehabilitation care for older people is associated with greater independence.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:BRADFORD/oai:bradscholars.brad.ac.uk:10454/2442 |
| Date | January 2007 |
| Creators | Young, J., Green, J.R., Forster, A., Small, Neil A., Lowson, K., Bogle, S., George, J., Heseltine, D., Jayasuriya, T., Rowe, J. |
| Source Sets | Bradford Scholars |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Article, No full-text in the repository |
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