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Aquichan
Print version ISSN 1657-5997
Abstract
WEBER, Luciana Andressa Feil; LIMA, Maria Alice Dias da Silva and ACOSTA, Aline Marques. Quality of care transition and its association with hospital readmission. Aquichan [online]. 2019, vol.19, n.4, e1945. ISSN 1657-5997. https://doi.org/10.5294/aqui.2019.19.4.5.
Objective:
To evaluate the quality of care transition for patients with chronic diseases and to verify its association with hospital readmission within 30 days after discharge.
Method:
Cross-sectional epidemiological study of 210 patients with chronic diseases discharged from a hospital in southern Brazil. The Care Transition Measure-15 (CTM-15) instrument was used, through a telephone contact and, in order to identify readmissions within 30 days, the hospital management system was consulted. Student’s t-tests analysis of variance and nonparametric Pearson or Spearman correlation tests were performed.
Results:
CTM-15 score was 74.7 (± 17.1). No significant association was found between the quality of care transition and hospital readmission. 12.3 % of the patients were readmitted, and 46.2 % of these readmissions were to the emergency service.
Conclusions:
The quality of the care transition for chronic patients from inpatient units to home, showed a satisfactory score. However, there was no association between the quality of care transition and hospital readmission within 30 days after discharge.
Keywords : Continuity of patient care; patient discharge; patient readmission; chronic disease; nursing.