1. Five Functional Classes Identified Among Patients Hospitalized for Pneumonia Characterized by Activity Limitations With Mobility and Self-Care Tasks
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Jessica Edelstein, PhD, OTR, Adam R. Kinney, PhD, OTR/L, Amanda Hoffman, MS, OTR/L, BCPR, James E. Graham, PhD, and Matthew P. Malcolm, PhD, OTR
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Acute care ,Daily activities ,Function ,Mobility ,Pneumonia ,Rehabilitation ,Medicine (General) ,R5-920 - Abstract
Objective: Latent class analysis was used to identify functional classes among patients hospitalized for pneumonia. Then, we determined predictors of class membership and examined variation in distal outcomes among the functional classes. Design: An observational, cross-sectional study design was used with retrospectively collected data between 2014 and 2018. Setting: The study setting was a single health system including 5 acute care hospitals. Participants: A total of 969 individuals hospitalized with the primary diagnosis of pneumonia and receipt of an occupational and/or physical therapy evaluation were included in the study. Interventions: Not applicable. Main Outcomes: The following 5 distal outcomes were examined: (1) occupational therapy treatment use, (2) physical therapy treatment use, (3) discharge to home with no services, (4) discharge to home with home health, and (5) institutional discharge. Results: Five functional classes were identified and labeled as follows: Globally impaired, Independent with low-level self-care, Independent low-level mobility, Independent self-care, and Independent. Probability of occupational therapy treatment use (χ2[4]=50.26, P
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- 2024
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