Key result
Body mass index, age 75 to 80 years, and lipid-lowering agent use significantly predicted 31- to 60-day heart failure rehospitalization in older women, while race and HF subtype did not.
Why the study?
The study sought to identify social, hemodynamic, and comorbid risk factors associated with 31- to 60-day heart failure rehospitalization in older African American and Caucasian women.
In older women with heart failure, specific BMI categories, age 75 to 80 years, and use of lipid-lowering agents were significant predictors of 31- to 60-day rehospitalization, whereas race and HF subtype were not.
Should not yet alter post-discharge care for older women with HF; leaves open these predictors pending larger prospective validation.
The current study sought to identify social, hemodynamic, and comorbid risk factors associated with 31-to 60-day heart failure (HF) rehospitalization in African American and Caucasian older (aged >65 years) women. A non-equivalent, case-control, quantitative design study using secondary data analysis of medical records from a local community hospital in the Southeast region of the United States was performed over a 3-year period. Relationships between predictor variables and the outcome variable, 31- to 60-day HF rehospitalization, were explored. The full model containing all predictors was not able to distinguish between predictors (χ[21, N = 188] = 35.77, p = 0.12). However, a condensed model showed that body mass index (BMI) level 1 (/m), BMI level 2 (>25 and /m), age 75 to 80 years, and those taking lipid-lowering agents were significant predictors. Subtype of HF (reduced or preserved) and race did not predict HF rehospitalization within the specified time period. Multiple comorbid risk factors failed to consistently predict rehospitalization, which may reflect dated HF-specific approaches and therapies. Future studies should evaluate contributions of current targeted post-discharge methods or therapies. [Research in Gerontological Nursing, 15(4), 179-191.].
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Sue-Ling et al. (2022) studied this question. Body mass index, age 75 to 80 years, and lipid-lowering agent use significantly predicted 31- to 60-day heart failure rehospitalization in older women, while race and HF subtype did not.
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