Key result
Feeling unready for hospital discharge predicted 1-year all-cause readmission among women (HR 1.43; 95% CI 1.18-1.74) and men (HR 1.59; 95% CI 1.34-1.90) with cardiac disease.
Why the study?
Readiness for discharge predicts short-term outcomes in mixed populations, but its ability to predict 1-year readmission, mortality, and associated attributes in cardiac patients was unknown.
Does feeling unready for hospital discharge predict readmission and mortality within 1 year in cardiac patients?
Population
13 114 patients with cardiac diseases at hospital discharge
Comparison
Feeling unready vs feeling ready for hospital discharge
Design
National cross-sectional survey linked to national registries
Follow-up
1 year
Authors
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May warrant assessing discharge readiness in cardiac patients; extends observational predictors but leaves intervention effects open.
Observational (n=13,114)
Yes
Does feeling unready for hospital discharge predict readmission and mortality within 1 year in cardiac patients?
Effect estimate: HR 1.43 (women), HR 1.59 (men) (95% CI 1.18-1.74 (women), 1.34-1.90 (men))
Patient-reported unreadiness for hospital discharge is a significant predictor of 1-year all-cause readmission in cardiac patients.
Rotvig et al. (2021) conducted an observational in Cardiac diseases (n=13,114). Feeling unready for hospital discharge vs. Feeling ready for hospital discharge was evaluated on 1-year all-cause readmission (HR 1.43 (women), HR 1.59 (men), 95% CI 1.18-1.74 (women), 1.34-1.90 (men)). Feeling unready for hospital discharge predicted 1-year all-cause readmission among women (HR 1.43; 95% CI 1.18-1.74) and men (HR 1.59; 95% CI 1.34-1.90) with cardiac disease.
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