Article
Rehabilitation
Guy Shtar, Lior Rokach, Bracha Shapira, Ran Nissan, Avital Hershkovitz
Summary: The study utilized machine learning methods to create a predictive model of rehabilitation outcomes for postacute hip fracture patients. The results showed that machine learning models outperformed linear and logistic regression models in predicting rehabilitation outcomes, and the confidence levels of predicted parameters were associated with MMSE, prefracture mFIM, and admission FIM scores.
ARCHIVES OF PHYSICAL MEDICINE AND REHABILITATION
(2021)
Review
Endocrinology & Metabolism
An Sermon, Cedric Slock, Ellen Coeckelberghs, Deborah Seys, Massimiliano Panella, Luk Bruyneel, Stefaan Nijs, Kris Vanhaecht
Summary: This study aimed to identify quality indicators for assessing in-hospital care quality to promote rapid recovery of fragile hip fractures. A total of 37 potential quality indicators were selected based on high levels of evidence and expert opinion, covering the entire perioperative process of fragile hip fracture care.
ARCHIVES OF OSTEOPOROSIS
(2021)
Article
Geriatrics & Gerontology
Stephanie Low, Edmund Wee, Michael Dorevitch
Summary: The place of residence and frailty can impact rehabilitation outcomes after hip fracture surgery, but being from residential care is not necessarily linked to poor outcomes. Major predictors of poorer outcomes include premorbid frailty, dementia, delirium, and age over 90 years.
Article
Critical Care Medicine
Ronen Ben Joseph, Tzipi Hornik-Lurie, Avital Hershkovitz, Danielle Ann Peleg, Lee Peled, Rachel Heffez Ayzenfeld
Summary: This study examined the impact of fracture type on rehabilitation outcomes among disabled older adults. The results showed that patients with femoral neck fractures had better motor ability compared to those with intertrochanteric and subtrochanteric fractures, but the level of improvement in rehabilitation outcomes was similar.
INJURY-INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF THE CARE OF THE INJURED
(2022)
Article
Rehabilitation
Zoya Korotkov, Ran Nissan, Avital Hershkovitz
Summary: The use of anticoagulants does not affect the rehabilitation outcomes of hip fracture patients.
DISABILITY AND REHABILITATION
(2022)
Article
Geriatrics & Gerontology
Roope Jaatinen, Tiina Luukkaala, Markus T. Hongisto, Minna A. Kujala, Maria S. Nuotio
Summary: This study investigated the factors associated with fear of falling (FoF) after hip fracture and its 1-year outcomes. The findings showed that post-hip fracture FoF is common and related to female gender, polypharmacy, poor daily functioning, poor physical performance, and depressive mood. Patients with cognitive disorders were found to have less FoF. However, FoF appeared to have no impact on the 1-year follow-up outcomes.
AGING CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL RESEARCH
(2022)
Article
Medicine, General & Internal
Mun Jeong Kang, Bo Ryun Kim, Sang Yoon Lee, Jaewon Beom, Jun Hwan Choi, Jae-Young Lim
Summary: This is a retrospective cohort study that aimed to determine the predictors of functional outcomes and quality of life for patients who underwent surgery for fragility hip fracture. The study was conducted in three tertiary rehabilitation facilities and followed up with 165 patients for six months postoperatively. The study found that age, fracture site, operation type, comorbidities, and initial physical and cognitive function significantly influenced the recovery of function and quality of life at six months.
Article
Endocrinology & Metabolism
Farzad Shabani, Georigs Tsinaslanidis, Ravindra Thimmaiah, Mohammad Khatak, Pritom Shenoy, Bright Offorha, Ouwatobi Onafowokan, Chika Edward Uzoigwe, Emeka Oragui, Robert P. Smith, Rory G. Middleton, Nicholas Alan Johnson
Summary: Hospitals that treat more patients with osteoporotic hip fractures do not necessarily have better care outcomes. Larger units tend to perform more consistent health assessments and mobilize patients more expeditiously post-operatively. However, there is no relationship between unit volume and most other healthcare outcomes.
OSTEOPOROSIS INTERNATIONAL
(2022)
Article
Rehabilitation
Nikhil K. Prasad, Rashmita Bajracharya, Marniker Wijesinha, Alan Rathbun, Denise Orwig, Laurence Magder, Ann Gruber-Baldini, Kathleen Mangione, Rebecca L. Craik, Jay Magaziner
Summary: This study compares participants from two different studies and finds that home-based multi-component physical therapy programs can provide better functional improvement after hip fracture compared to usual care.
ARCHIVES OF PHYSICAL MEDICINE AND REHABILITATION
(2023)
Article
Rehabilitation
Brian Downer, Timothy A. Reistetter, Yong-Fang Kuo, Shuang Li, Amol Karmarkar, Ickpyo Hong, James S. Goodwin, Kenneth J. Ottenbacher
Summary: This study compared the physical recovery of patients admitted to skilled nursing facilities before and after July 2016 for total or partial hip replacement, finding that patients admitted after the improvement in function quality measure had greater physical recovery.
ARCHIVES OF PHYSICAL MEDICINE AND REHABILITATION
(2021)
Article
Health Care Sciences & Services
Haneul Lee, Seon-Heui Lee
Summary: This study aimed to assess the clinical effectiveness of a personalized multicomponent home-based rehabilitation program, and the results showed that the 8-week program significantly improved balance, mobility, pain, and general health-related quality of life in patients who underwent hip surgery.
JOURNAL OF PERSONALIZED MEDICINE
(2022)
Article
Nursing
M. Morri, E. Ambrosi, D. Raffa, R. Raimondi, A. Evangelista, A. Mingazzini, C. Forni
Summary: This study investigated the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on nursing-sensitive and rehabilitation outcomes of frail patients undergoing hip fracture surgery. The study found a significantly higher incidence of hospital-acquired pressure ulcers (PUs) during the pandemic period, which may be attributed to the older age of the patients. Overall, the quality of nursing and rehabilitation care provided during the pandemic was comparable to the pre-pandemic period.
Article
Geriatrics & Gerontology
Katie J. Sheehan, Aicha Goubar, Finbarr C. Martin, Chris Potter, Gareth D. Jones, Catherine Sackley, Salma Ayis
Summary: Regardless of dementia, delirium, hypotension, prefracture ambulation, or residence, early mobilisation compared to late mobilisation increased the likelihood of hospital discharge by 30-days postoperatively. However, fewer patients with dementia, delirium, or hypotension, poorer prefracture ambulation, or from residential care mobilised early. There is a need to reduce this care gap by ensuring sufficient resources to enable all patients to benefit from early mobilisation.
Article
Medicine, General & Internal
Miguel A. Fernandez, Juul Achten, Nicholas Parsons, Xavier L. Griffin, May-Ee Png, Jenny Gould, Alwin McGibbon, Matthew L. Costa
Summary: In patients aged 60 years and older with an intracapsular hip fracture, cemented hemiarthroplasty resulted in a modest but significantly better quality of life and a lower risk of periprosthetic fracture than uncemented hemiarthroplasty.
NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE
(2022)
Article
Rehabilitation
Wieke S. Nijmeijer, Dieuwke van Dartel, Reinier de Groot, Sanne Woudsma, Ellis C. Folbert, Niala den Braber, Marloes Vermeer, Johannes H. Hegeman, Miriam M. R. Vollenbroek-Hutten
Summary: This study aimed to develop a transmural monitoring pathway for healthcare professionals to monitor the recovery of hip fracture patients and assess the pathway's feasibility and initial outcomes. The results showed that patients experienced a decline in functional level during the hospital phase and made significant progress during the inpatient rehabilitation phase. In the outpatient follow-up phase, recovery was still ongoing but most patients had not returned to their pre-fracture functional levels. The pathway demonstrated excellent feasibility during the hospital phase but improvements could be made in other phases.
CLINICAL REHABILITATION
(2023)
Article
Rehabilitation
Neil Jordan, Anne Deutsch
Summary: As the healthcare payment models change in the US, considering the costs and health outcomes of rehabilitation interventions becomes crucial for assessing their value. Understanding the costs and cost-effectiveness of implementing rehabilitation interventions compared to other alternatives is critical for decision-making by policymakers and healthcare administrators.
ARCHIVES OF PHYSICAL MEDICINE AND REHABILITATION
(2022)
Article
Clinical Neurology
Yu-Hsiang Kao, Yuying Chen, Anne Deutsch, Huacong Wen, Tung-Sung Tseng
Summary: This retrospective cohort study investigated the association between rehabilitation length of stay and motor function improvement among traumatic spinal cord injury patients. The study found that patients with longer rehabilitation stays tended to have more motor function improvement in specific neurological injury categories.
Article
Rehabilitation
Anne Deutsch, Lauren Palmer, Tara McMullen, Tri Le, Matt Toth, Molly Marino, Molly Vaughan, Carole Schwartz, Alrick Edwards
Summary: This study describes the development and quality measure scores of a cross-setting postacute care function process quality measure. The results indicate that most postacute care providers submitted standardized self-care and mobility data, resulting in high quality measure scores during the first year of implementation.
ARCHIVES OF PHYSICAL MEDICINE AND REHABILITATION
(2022)
Article
Rehabilitation
Yu-Hsiang Kao, Yuying Chen, Anne Deutsch, Huacong Wen, Tung-Sung Tseng
Summary: This study found that longer inpatient rehabilitation length of stay (LOS) can improve motor FIM (mFIM) in patients with traumatic spinal cord injury (TSCI). Obesity is negatively associated with mFIM improvement. Among obese patients, those with the longest rehabilitation LOS showed greater improvement in mFIM.
ARCHIVES OF PHYSICAL MEDICINE AND REHABILITATION
(2022)
Article
Rehabilitation
Anne Deutsch, Lauren Palmer, Molly Vaughan, Carole Schwartz, Tara McMullen
Summary: This study describes the abilities of Medicare patients in inpatient rehabilitation facilities (IRFs) using standardized self-care and mobility data elements, and examines the validity of these elements. The results show significant improvements in patients' function between admission and discharge, supporting the validity of the data elements in measuring functional abilities in the IRF Medicare population.
ARCHIVES OF PHYSICAL MEDICINE AND REHABILITATION
(2022)
Article
Rehabilitation
Anne Deutsch, Lauren Palmer, Molly Vaughan, Tara McMullen, Amol Karmarkar, Sophia Kwon, Melvin J. Ingber
Summary: This study describes the development, implementation, and testing of the reliability and validity of the Change in Self-Care and Change in Mobility quality measures in inpatient rehabilitation facilities (IRFs). The results provide evidence supporting the reliability and validity of these quality measures in IRFs.
ARCHIVES OF PHYSICAL MEDICINE AND REHABILITATION
(2022)
Article
Rehabilitation
Molly Vaughan, Anne Deutsch, Tara McMullen, Lauren Palmer, Sophia Kwon, Melvin J. Ingber
Summary: This study describes the exclusion criteria and updated risk adjustment model for evaluating the Change in Mobility quality measure in inpatient rehabilitation facilities. The study found that the risk adjustment model had good calibration and explained 20% of the variance in mobility change scores using 105 covariates.
ARCHIVES OF PHYSICAL MEDICINE AND REHABILITATION
(2022)
Article
Rehabilitation
Anne Deutsch, Tara McMullen, Molly Vaughan, Lauren Palmer, Sophia Kwon, Melvin J. Ingber
Summary: This study describes the exclusion criteria and risk-adjustment model developed for the quality measure Change in Self-Care. The model enables comparison of self-care scores across different inpatient rehabilitation facilities and quantifies the relationship between demographic and clinical factors and self-care change.
ARCHIVES OF PHYSICAL MEDICINE AND REHABILITATION
(2022)
Review
Rehabilitation
T. S. Jesus, B. Z. Stern, J. Struhar, A. Deutsch, A. W. Heinemann
Summary: This study aims to characterize the use of patient experience feedback for person-centered rehabilitation quality improvement and codesign activities. The results showed that there were few examples of such use in the rehabilitation literature, and patient experience improvement activities relied mainly on retrospective survey data without combining more actionable forms of patient experience feedback. Further research is needed to design activities that collect and utilize patient experience feedback for rehabilitation service improvements.
CLINICAL REHABILITATION
(2023)
Article
Geriatrics & Gerontology
Matt Toth, Lauren Palmer, Molly E. Marino, Alice Smith, Carole Schwartz, Anne Deutsch, Tara McMullen
Summary: The objective of this study was to examine the distribution of admission and discharge functional abilities among Medicare fee-for-service beneficiaries with a skilled nursing facility (SNF) stay, and to assess the validity of standardized discharge self-care and mobility data. The results showed overall improvements in function between admission and discharge, and a positive association between higher discharge self-care and mobility scores and higher discharge to community rates.
JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL DIRECTORS ASSOCIATION
(2023)
Article
Geriatrics & Gerontology
Anne Deutsch, Lauren Palmer, Molly Vaughan, Tara McMullen, Sophia Kwon, Amol Karmarkar, Melvin J. Ingber
Summary: The objective of this study was to assess the reliability and validity of the IRF Discharge Mobility Score and IRF Discharge Self-Care Score. The study found strong correlations and construct validity for these quality measures, indicating their effectiveness.
JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL DIRECTORS ASSOCIATION
(2023)
Article
Nursing
Anne Deutsch, Lauren Palmer, Holly Neumann, John Potelle, Magdalena Ignaczak, Tara McMullen, Melvin J. J. Ingber
Summary: The aim of this descriptive study was to analyze the characteristics and outcomes of Medicare patients treated in inpatient rehabilitation facilities (IRFs) from 2013 to 2018. The number of Medicare patients treated in IRFs increased by about 9% during this period. There was a shift in patients' primary rehabilitation diagnosis, with more patients with stroke and neurological conditions and fewer patients with orthopedic conditions.
REHABILITATION NURSING
(2023)
Editorial Material
Nursing
Anne Deutsch
REHABILITATION NURSING
(2023)
Article
Dermatology
Daniel H. Barch, Julie Hayes Seibert, Amy Kandilov, Amarilys Bernacet, Anne Deutsch, Xiao (Joyce) Wang, Elissa Scherer, Tara McMullen, Stella Mandl, Alan Levitt, Jennifer Frank, Cynthia Stephanopoulos, Laura M. Smith
Summary: This study compared the incidence of new or worsened pressure injuries (PIs) and their associated risk factors in different inpatient post-acute care settings. The results showed variations in the incidence of PIs across these settings and identified seven consistent risk factors for new or worsened PIs.
ADVANCES IN SKIN & WOUND CARE
(2023)
Letter
Geriatrics & Gerontology
Zhanlian Feng, Alison Vadnais, Benjamin Huber, Anne Deutsch, Qinghua Li, Lawren Bercaw, Melvin J. Ingber, Micah Segelman, Galina Khatutsky, Nolan Sroczynski, Lanlan Xu
JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL DIRECTORS ASSOCIATION
(2023)