Assessment Tools for the Admission of Older Adults to Inpatient Rehabilitation: A Scoping Review
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Information Sources and Search
2.2. Inclusion Criteria
2.3. Exclusion Criteria
2.4. Types of Outcomes
2.5. Data Analysis
3. Results
3.1. Study Selection
3.2. Study Characteristics
3.3. Definition of Rehabilitation
3.4. Assessment for Geriatric Rehabilitation
3.5. Assessments Used for Geriatric Rehabilitation
4. Discussion
Strengths and Limitations
5. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
Abbreviations
GR | Geriatric rehabilitation |
MDT | Multidisciplinary team |
RP | Rehabilitation potential |
WHO | World Health Organization |
ICF | International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health |
CGA | Comprehensive geriatric assessment |
PADLs | Personal Activities of Daily Living |
IADLs | Instrumental Activities of Daily Living |
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Theme of Study | Number of Articles | Percent of Articles (%) |
---|---|---|
Factors impacting rehabilitation | 19 | 51.4 |
Specific outcome measures used for rehabilitation | 11 | 29.7 |
Assessment of inpatient rehabilitation outcomes | 6 | 16.2 |
Functional status and mortality after rehabilitation | 5 | 13.5 |
Nurses’ predictions of rehabilitation | 2 | 5.4 |
Outcomes for admission to rehabilitation | 1 | 2.7 |
Rehabilitation applied to the oldest old | 1 | 2.7 |
Domain | Number of Articles (n) | Percent out of Articles (%) |
---|---|---|
Function | 31 | 83.8 |
Cognition | 29 | 78.4 |
Medical | 23 | 62.2 |
Physical | 16 | 43.2 |
Behaviour | 11 | 35.1 |
Quality of life | 8 | 21.6 |
Frailty | 7 | 18.9 |
Nutrition | 4 | 10.8 |
Communication and vision | 3 | 8.1 |
Abuse | 1 | 2.7 |
Pain | 1 | 2.7 |
Outcome Measure | Outcome Measure Abbreviation | Number of Uses in Studies (n) | Percent out of Articles (%) |
---|---|---|---|
Mini Mental State Examination | MMSE | 19 | 51.4 |
Barthel Index | BI | 11 | 29.7 |
Functional Independence Measure | FIM | 10 | 27.0 |
Charlson Comorbidity Index | CCI | 10 | 27.0 |
Hand-Grip Strength Test | HGS | 6 | 16.2 |
Timed Up and Go Test | TUG | 6 | 16.2 |
Geriatric Depression Scale | GDS | 6 | 16.2 |
Rockwood Clinical Frailty Score | CFS | 6 | 16.2 |
Montreal Cognitive Assessment | MoCA | 3 | 8.1 |
Clock Drawing and Clock Copying Test | CDT | 3 | 8.1 |
Mini Nutritional Assessment | MNA | 2 | 5.4 |
EQ-5D-3L | EQ-5D-3L | 2 | 5.4 |
Domain | Number of Outcome Measures (n) | Percent of Outcome Measures (%) |
---|---|---|
Cognition | 40 | 23.3 |
Function | 35 | 20.4 |
Physical | 30 | 17.4 |
Medical | 23 | 13.4 |
Behaviour | 16 | 9.3 |
Quality of life | 12 | 7.0 |
Frailty | 8 | 4.7 |
Nutrition | 4 | 2.3 |
Communication and vision | 2 | 1.2 |
Abuse; Pain | 2 | 1.2 |
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Muscat, F.; Camilleri, L.; Attard, C.; Lungaro Mifsud, S. Assessment Tools for the Admission of Older Adults to Inpatient Rehabilitation: A Scoping Review. J. Clin. Med. 2023, 12, 919. https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm12030919
Muscat F, Camilleri L, Attard C, Lungaro Mifsud S. Assessment Tools for the Admission of Older Adults to Inpatient Rehabilitation: A Scoping Review. Journal of Clinical Medicine. 2023; 12(3):919. https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm12030919
Chicago/Turabian StyleMuscat, Francesca, Liberato Camilleri, Conrad Attard, and Stephen Lungaro Mifsud. 2023. "Assessment Tools for the Admission of Older Adults to Inpatient Rehabilitation: A Scoping Review" Journal of Clinical Medicine 12, no. 3: 919. https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm12030919