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Symptom burden and activity of daily living (ADL) dependency among home health care patients discharged to home hospice
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Background: We sought to examine sociodemographic and clinical characteristics present on admission to HHC associated with discharge to hospice.
Methods: We used a 5% random sample of 2017 national Outcome and Assessment Information Set (OASIS) data. A Cox proportional hazards regression model was estimated for the primary outcome (discharge to hospice) to examine the associations with sociodemographic and clinical characteristics of HHC patients.
Results: Among 489, 230 HHC patients, 4268 were discharged to hospice. The median (interquartile range) length of HHC stay for patients discharged to hospice care was 33 (14-78) days. Compared to White patients, Black, Hispanic, and other race, (hazard ratio [HR] = .50 [95% confidence interval, CI = .44-.57]), (HR = .53 [95% CI = .46-.62]), and (HR = .49 [95% CI = .40-.61], respectively) was associated with shorter time to discharge to hospice care. Clinical characteristics including severe dependence in activities of daily (ADL) (HR = 1.68 [95% CI = 1.01-2.78]), cognitive impairment (HR = 1.10 [95% CI = 1.01-1.20]), disruptive behavior daily (HR = 1.11 [95% CI = 1.02-1.22]), and inability to feed oneself (HR = 4.78, 95% CI = 4.30, 5.31) was associated with shorter time to discharge to hospice. Symptoms of anxiety daily (HR = 1.55 [95% CI = 1.43-1.68]), and pain daily or all the time (HR = 1.54 [95% CI = 1.43-1.64]) were associated with shorter time to discharge to hospice.
Conclusions: High symptom burden, ADL dependency, and cognitive impairment on admission to HHC services was associated with greater likelihood of discharge to hospice.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/10499091211063808
Voir la revue «The American journal of hospice and palliative care, 39»
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