Criteria for Investigation of Residential Visits for Home Discharge Patients.

[Purpose] In this study, we investigate the characteristics of patients who received home visit investigations (home visit) before discharge. [Subjects] The subjects were 136 patients of our hospital who were discharged to home. We categorized them into two groups: the home visit group and the non-home visit group. [Methods] We compared them on the basis of rehabilitation records. [Results] Logistic regression analysis identified three factors: disease classification (OR: 4.797, 95%CI 1.15-20.08, p=0.032), length of hospital stay (OR: 0.965, 95%CI 0.93-0.99, p=0.016) and wheelchair driving independence at admission (OR: 0.008, 95%CI 0.01-0.03, p=0.009). [Conclusion] For patients who have central nervous system disease or cannot move independently in a wheelchair at admission, we need to consider home visits at an early stage. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]