Respiratory failure & ventilation
Association Between Unmet Nonmedication Needs After Hospital Discharge and Readmission or Death Among Acute Respiratory Failure Survivors: A Multicenter Prospective Cohort Study*
Main finding · Readmission or death within 90 daysResult — go to the resultRisk ratio 0.89 CI 0.51–1.57Authors' conclusion
UDN were common among survivors of ARF but not significantly associated a composite outcome of 90-day readmission or death.
Study context
- Population
- Adult survivors of acute respiratory failure who required an ICU stay and were discharged home; six US academic medical centers200 recruited
- Participants
- 195 survivors
- Exposure
- Greater than median vs lower level of unmet nonmedication discharge needs (UDN)
- Outcome
- Readmission or death within 90 days
- Follow-up
- 90 days
Methodological detailsmulticentre
- Multicentre
Main finding
As reported in the abstract
Risk ratio
0.89
CI 0.51–1.57
P = 0.690
Greater than median UDN vs Median or lower UDN
risk ratio 0.89 (CI 0.51–1.57); P = 0.690
- 90-day death or readmission, whole cohort
- 56 (29%)
Observational data: associations, not effects.
Further findings
Proportion of unmet needs by category · 7-28 days after discharge
- At least one nonmedication need at discharge
- 98.4% (192/195)
- Durable medical equipment (DME), median (IQR)
- 0 (0-15%)
- Home health services (HHS), median (IQR)
- 0 (0-50%)
- FUA, median (IQR)
- 0 (0-25%)
- Overall, median (IQR)
- 0 (0-20%)
Factors associated with UDN
- Age, hospital LOS, APACHE II score and Multidimensional Scale Perceived Social Support score associated with UDN
Parts of this Brief are withheld: the automatic checks could not confirm them against the abstract.
Original publication
Association Between Unmet Nonmedication Needs After Hospital Discharge and Readmission or Death Among Acute Respiratory Failure Survivors: A Multicenter Prospective Cohort Study*. Crit Care Med. Published 20 January 2023. doi:10.
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