Prediction of Advisability of Returning Home Using the Home Care Score

Autor: Akiyoshi Matsugi, Keisuke Tani, Yoshiki Tamaru, Nami Yoshioka, Akira Yamashita, Nobuhiko Mori, Kosuke Oku, Masashi Ikeda, Kiyoshi Nagano
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2015
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Zdroj: Rehabilitation Research and Practice, Vol 2015 (2015)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2090-2867
2090-2875
DOI: 10.1155/2015/501042
Popis: Purpose. The aim of this study was to assess whether the home care score (HCS), which was developed by the Ministry of Health and Welfare in Japan in 1992, is useful for the prediction of advisability of home care. Methods. Subjects living at home and in assisted-living facilities were analyzed. Binominal logistic regression analyses, using age, sex, the functional independence measure score, and the HCS, along with receiver operating characteristic curve analyses, were conducted. Findings/Conclusions. Only HCS was selected for the regression equation. Receiver operating characteristic curve analysis revealed that the area under the curve (0.9), sensitivity (0.82), specificity (0.83), and positive predictive value (0.84) for HCS were higher than those for the functional independence measure, indicating that the HCS is a powerful predictor for advisability of home care. Clinical Relevance. Comprehensive measurements of the condition of provided care and the activities of daily living of the subjects, which are included in the HCS, are required for the prediction of advisability of home care.
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