Relationship between Dysphagia and Home Discharge among Older Patients Receiving Hospital Rehabilitation in Rural Japan

Dysphagia refers to swallowing difficulty, which impacts patients' quality of life. Dysphagia influences clinical outcomes, including mortality rates and length of hospital stay of older hospitalized patients. Dysphagia may affect the current and future quality of life of these patients. However, its exact impact remains unclear. We aimed to clarify the impact of dysphagia on discharge to home in older patients in a rural rehabilitation unit. We conducted a secondary analysis using data from a retrospective cohort study including patients aged over 65 years who had been discharged from a community hospital rehabilitation unit in rural Japan. Data from the participants had been previously collected from April 2016 to March 2020. The primary outcome was home discharge. The average participant age was 82.1 (standard deviation, 10.8) years; 34.5% were men. Among medical conditions, brain stroke (44.3%) was the most frequent reason for admission; the most frequent orthopedic condition was femoral fracture (42.9%). The presence of dysphagia (odds ratio [OR] = 0.38, 95% confidence interval [CI]: 0.20-0.73), polypharmacy (OR = 0.5, 95% CI: 0.32-0.90), and admission for internal medicine diseases (OR = 0.44, 95% CI: 0.26-0.77) were negatively associated with home discharge. High motor domain scores of the Functional Independence Measure were positively associated with home discharge (OR = 1.07, 95% CI: 1.05-1.08). Dysphagia was negatively associated with home discharge as were polypharmacy and admission for internal medicine diseases and conditions. By clarifying effective interventions through interventional studies, including approaches to managing multimorbidity and polypharmacy through interprofessional collaboration, the health conditions of older patients in rural areas may be improved

Cohort · Cohort study · Confidence interval · Dysphagia · Medical record · Odds ratio · Physical therapy · Polypharmacy · Quality of life (healthcare · Retrospective cohort study · Swallowing · Dysphagia Assessment and Management · Emergency and Acute Care Studies · Esophageal and GI Pathology · Medicine · Emergency Medicine · Internal Medicine · Pediatrics · Rehabilitation · Surgery

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