Characters of home discharge patients in a convalescence rehabilitation ward

Abstract

[Purpose] In this study, we investigated the characterisitics of patients who were discharged from a convalescence rehabilitation ward. [Subjects] We classified them into two groups: the home discharge group and the institution discharge group. [Methods] We compared them on the basis of rehabilitation records. [Results] Logistic regression analysis identified two factors: type of movement at the discharge (OR: 0.22, 95%CI 0.07-0.71, p<0.01) and independence level of activities of daily living of elderly persons with dementia (OR: 0.35, 95%CI 0.16-0.75, p<0.01). [Conclusion] In a convalescence rehabilitation ward, we suggest that patients who are discharged from hospital to thei homes have a good locomotive function, and their dementia is not severe.