- 著者
- Takaaki Ikeda Upul Cooray Toshifumi Yodoshi Makoto Kaneko Ken Osaka Masayasu Murakami
- 出版者
- The Japanese Association of Rehabilitation Medicine
- 雑誌
- Progress in Rehabilitation Medicine (ISSN:24321354)
- 巻号頁・発行日
- vol.8, pp.20230033, 2023 (Released:2023-09-27)
- 参考文献数
- 41
Objectives : There has been no analysis of the effects of in-hospital rehabilitation on adult patients with Down’s Syndrome (DS) after hospitalization for community-acquired pneumonia (CAP). Medical claims data retrospectively collected nationwide were used to examine outcomes at discharge.Methods : Hospitalization data were obtained from 440 Japanese hospitals for DS patients with CAP that were discharged between 1 June 2009 and 31 January 2022 (n=2897). After the exclusion of 2478 patients, mainly on the basis of age or type of admission, the records of 419 patients were extracted. The following were used as outcomes: (1) 30-day readmission, (2) 45-day readmission, (3) discharge Barthel Index (BI), (4) BI score gain, and (5) length of hospital stay. The targeted minimum loss-based estimator was used to examine effects of the average daily times of rehabilitation on outcomes at discharge.Results : Most patients had no in-hospital rehabilitation (73.5%). Provided that the average daily time of rehabilitation therapy was at least 20 min, BI scores were lower at discharge (coefficient, −15.91; 95% confidence interval, −30.07 to −1.75) and BI gain was lower (coefficient, −12.56; 95% confidence interval, −25.60 to 0.47) when compared with the use of no rehabilitation therapy.Conclusions : In-hospital rehabilitation medicine in DS patients with CAP provided by a therapist was not associated with improved activities of daily living at discharge. Future studies are warranted to develop systematic, efficient, and comprehensive rehabilitation medicine for DS patients suffering from CAP.
- 著者
- Takaaki Ikeda Tomoto Suzuki Michiaki Takagi Masayasu Murakami
- 出版者
- The Japanese Association of Rehabilitation Medicine
- 雑誌
- Progress in Rehabilitation Medicine (ISSN:24321354)
- 巻号頁・発行日
- vol.6, pp.20210049, 2021 (Released:2021-12-09)
- 参考文献数
- 36
- 被引用文献数
- 3
Objectives : Vertebral compression fractures are common among older people. Currently, knowledge of the effects of early rehabilitation treatment on the recovery of activities of daily living (ADL) in older patients who receive conservative treatment for these fractures is limited. Using the instrumental variable (IV) method, we examined the effects on ADL at discharge of a delay in initiating rehabilitation treatment.Methods: In this retrospective cohort study, data from the Japanese Diagnosis Procedure Combination database were analyzed. The subjects were patients with vertebral compression fracture who had undergone rehabilitation treatment during their hospitalization between 2014 and 2019 in one of the 29 acute-care hospitals in Yamagata Prefecture. We analyzed data from 1706 patients (mean age, 82.1 years). The independent variable was the number of days between hospital admission and the start of rehabilitation treatment, and the outcome was the Barthel index (BI) score at discharge. An IV method was applied, with adjustments for covariates, including demographics and functional status at admission.Results: Most patients started rehabilitation treatment within 3 days of hospital admission. Our IV method showed that the interval between hospital admission and the start of rehabilitation treatment was significantly associated with the BI score at discharge. The coefficient was −2.71 (95% confidence interval [CI]: −5.06 to −0.35).Conclusions: A delay in initiating rehabilitation treatment had a negative effect on ADL at discharge. This result emphasizes the importance of including early rehabilitation treatment in acute care, as recommended by several existing guidelines for the treatment of orthopedic diseases.