International Journal of Health Professions (Jul 2022)

Extension and Validation of the Self-care Index to Predict Transfer to a Post-acute Care Institution in Internal Medicine Patients / Erweiterung und Validierung des Selbstpflegeindexes bei internistischen Patienten mit dem Ziel eine Verlegung in eine post-akute Nachsorgeinstitution vorauszusagen

  • Conca Antoinette,
  • Koch Daniel,
  • Regez Katharina,
  • Kutz Alexander,
  • Haubitz Sebastian,
  • Schuetz Philipp,
  • Mueller Beat,
  • Schindler Christian,
  • Spirig Rebecca,
  • Petry Heidi

DOI
https://doi.org/10.2478/ijhp-2022-0005
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 9, no. 1
pp. 59 – 66

Abstract

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A systematic screening of patients with a need for post-acute care is a helpful support for interprofessional discharge planning teams. We aimed to test self-care abilities, measured by the self-care index (SPI) as predictors of post-acute care transfer and to update the existing SPI prediction model.

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