Factors Impacting Whereabouts and Referral in Patients with Acute Stroke after Discharge
10.3969/j.issn.1006-9771.2017.01.025
- VernacularTitle:急性脑卒中患者出院后去向及转诊的影响因素
- Author:
Jianying TU
;
Xiaoshu REN
;
Boxun LU
- Keywords:
stroke;
rehabilitation;
referral;
related factors
- From:
Chinese Journal of Rehabilitation Theory and Practice
2017;23(1):106-109
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Objective To study the selection of the follow-up care and related factors in stroke patients after acute treatment in general hospital. Methods A total of 230 acute stroke patients discharged from January to December, 2015, were reviewed. They were classified with age, modified Rankin Scale (mRS) score, referral options, etc., and the key consideration in the selection were compared. Results There were 125 patients needing referral. Referral increased while mRS worsening (P<0.05). The demand for the continuation of rehabilita-tion was higher in the patients with mRS scores of 0-1 and 2-3 than that of 4-5 (F=4.300, P<0.05), but the latter cared more about medical quality (F=3.464, P<0.05) and hospitalization length (F=3.692, P<0.05). The patients more than 80 years old cared more about medical qual-ity (F=4.630, P<0.05). The patients selecting continuous treatment in our hospital paid more attention on continuation (F=7.590, P<0.001), while those selecting rehabilitation institutions cared more about rehabilitation capacity (F=32.156, P<0.001), and those selecting communi-ty hospitals or nursing home cared more about hospitalization length (F=18.823, P<0.001), easy to visit (F=14.070, P<0.001), etc. Referral information mainly came from the doctors (72.0%), only 28.0% from the patients. Conclusion Severity of disability, age and the prognosis may impact the choice for the following rehabilitation in acute stroke patients. Doctors can do more for reasonable referral recommendations to the patients.
