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Predictors of discharge to home/community following inpatient-rehabilitation in a US national sample of Guillain-Barre-Syndrome patients

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  • David S Kushner
  • Doug Johnson-Greene
  • Elizabeth R Felix
  • Cheryl Miller
  • Maite K Cordero
  • Stacy A Thomashaw

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Background: Guillain-Barre-Syndrome (GBS), an autoimmune polyneuropathy causing acute flaccid paralysis, is a rare condition with1-2 cases per 100,000 annually (approximately 5000 cases/year) in the United States (US). There is a paucity of published data regarding patient outcomes in association with discharge destinations following inpatient-rehabilitation (IR) in this patient population, thus this study. Objectives: To analyze IR efficacy, and possible predictors of discharge to home/community in a US-national-sample of GBS patients. Methods: Retrospective-observational-cohort study of 1304 GBS patients admitted to IR comparing discharge disposition destinations (community/home, skilled-nursing-facility [SNF], or return to acute-care) by demographic (age, gender) and clinical variables (length-of-stay [LOS], case-mix-index [CMI], and Functional-Independence-Measure [FIM] score changes). Multinomial-logistic-regression and discriminant-function-analysis were performed to determine model fit in predicting discharge destination. Results: 81.8% were discharged to home/community- average LOS 19-days, total-FIM-gain 43.2; 9.8% discharged to SNFs- average LOS 27.5-days, total-FIM-gain 27.2; and 8.4% discharged to acute-care- average LOS 15.4-days and total-FIM-gain 16.5, (F = 176, p

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  • David S Kushner & Doug Johnson-Greene & Elizabeth R Felix & Cheryl Miller & Maite K Cordero & Stacy A Thomashaw, 2023. "Predictors of discharge to home/community following inpatient-rehabilitation in a US national sample of Guillain-Barre-Syndrome patients," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 18(5), pages 1-10, May.
    • Handle: RePEc:plo:pone00:0286296
    DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0286296
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