Sepsis Survivors Admitted to Skilled Nursing Facilities: Cognitive Impairment, Activities of Daily Living Dependence, and Survival.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Severe sepsis survivors frequently experience cognitive and physical functional impairment. The degree of impairment and its association with mortality is understudied, particularly among those discharged to a skilled nursing facility. Our objective was to quantify the cognitive and physical impairment among severe sepsis survivors discharged to a skilled nursing facility and to investigate the relationship between impairment and long-term mortality.

Design

Retrospective cohort study.

Setting

United States.

Subjects

Random 5% sample of Medicare patients discharged following severe sepsis hospitalization, 2005-2009 (n = 135,370).

Measurement and main results

Medicare data were linked with the Minimum Data Set; Minimum Data Set-Cognition Scale wa

SUBMITTER: Ehlenbach WJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5858875 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature