Risk Factors Affecting 90-day Readmission of Patients with Inflammatory Bowel Disease.

BACKGROUND: The rate of hospital readmission is seen as a measure of quality and accountability. Knowing the risk factors that can be changed could reduce the cost burden on patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) and the health system. METHODS: Retrospective analysis was performed on the dat...

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Published in:Middle East Journal of Digestive Diseases Vol. 14; no. 1; pp. 34 - 44
Main Authors: Ghahramani, Sulmaz, Tamartash, Zahra, Sayari, Mohammad, Vahedi, Homayoun, Karimian, Fatemeh, Heydari, Sadegh, Lankarani, Kamran Bagheri
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Published: Iranian Association of Gastroenterology & Hepatology Jan2022
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          Ghahramani, Sulmaz
          Tamartash, Zahra
          Sayari, Mohammad
          Vahedi, Homayoun
          Karimian, Fatemeh
          Heydari, Sadegh
          Lankarani, Kamran Bagheri
        affil: Health Policy Research Center, Institute of Health, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran
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          Inflammatory Bowel Diseases Therapy
          Readmission
          Quality of Health Care
          Risk Assessment
          Human
          Retrospective Design
          Descriptive Statistics
          Odds Ratio
          Confidence Intervals
          Iran
          Inpatients
      ab: BACKGROUND: The rate of hospital readmission is seen as a measure of quality and accountability. Knowing the risk factors that can be changed could reduce the cost burden on patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) and the health system. METHODS: Retrospective analysis was performed on the data extracted from hospital records during a 4-year period. The study setting encompassed three referral hospitals in Tehran and the south of Iran. The primary outcome was hospital readmission of patients with IBD. The factors associated with binary and categorical dependent variables were analyzed using robust logistic regression and multinomial logistic regression, respectively. The significance level was set at P = 0.05. RESULTS: 187 patients were admitted during the 4-year study period for an IBD-related reason, among whom 131 patients (70.1%) had ulcerative colitis (UC), and 56 patients (29.9%) had Crohn's disease (CD). Moreover, 29% (55) of the participants had been readmitted at least once during the study period, and seven patients with IBD had been readmitted five or more times during the study period. Corticosteroids (OR = 4.55, 95% confidence interval CI: 1.65- 12.55) and chronic pain (OR = 6.65, 95% CI: 1.73-25.62) were two factors associated with their readmission within 90 days. For the patients with five or more times of readmissions, Corticosteroids (RRR = 5.68), chronic pain (RRR = 5.05), length of hospital stay (RRR = 0.69), and age (RRR = 0.9) could significantly explain the hospital readmissions. CONCLUSION: About one in seven hospitalizations of patients with IBD leads to 30-day readmission. Moreover, younger patients with IBD and shorter length of hospital stay were more likely to be readmitted five or more times during the study period. The use of corticosteroids and the presence of chronic pain were predictors of 90-day readmission. More studies are needed to detect the best management plan for chronic pains.
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