Title of article :
Association Between Having a Caregiver and Clinical Outcomes 1 Year After Hospitalization for Cardiovascular Disease
Author/Authors :
Mosca، نويسنده , , Lori and Aggarwal، نويسنده , , Brooke and Mochari-Greenberger، نويسنده , , Heidi and Liao، نويسنده , , Ming and Blair، نويسنده , , Judith and Cheng، نويسنده , , Bin and Comellas، نويسنده , , Mariceli and Rehm، نويسنده , , Lisa and Suero-Tejeda، نويسنده , , Niurka and Umann، نويسنده , , S. Tianna DuPont، نويسنده ,
Issue Information :
روزنامه با شماره پیاپی سال 2012
Abstract :
Caregivers might represent an opportunity to improve cardiovascular disease outcomes, but prospective data are limited. We studied 3,188 consecutive patients (41% minority, 39% women) admitted to a university hospital medical cardiovascular service to evaluate the association between having a caregiver and rehospitalization/death at 1 year. The clinical outcomes at 1 year were documented using a hospital-based clinical information system supplemented by a standardized questionnaire. Co-morbidities were documented by hospital electronic record review. At baseline, 13% (n = 417) of the patients had a paid caregiver and 25% (n = 789) had only an informal caregiver. Having a caregiver was associated with rehospitalization or death at 1 year (odds ratio [OR] 1.68, 95% confidence interval [CI] 1.45 to 1.95), which varied by paid (OR 2.46, 95% CI 1.96 to 3.09) and informal (OR 1.40, 95% CI 1.18 to 1.65) caregiver status. Having a caregiver was significantly (p <0.05) associated with age ≥65 years, racial/ethnic minority, lack of health insurance, medical history of diabetes mellitus or hypertension, a Ghali co-morbidity index >1, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, or taking ≥9 prescriptions medications. The relation between caregiving and rehospitalization/death at 1 year was attenuated but remained significant after adjustment (paid, OR 1.64, 95% CI 1.26 to 2.12; and informal, OR 1.20, 95% CI 1.00 to 1.44). In conclusion, the risk of rehospitalization/death was significantly greater among cardiac patients with caregivers and was not fully explained by the presence of traditional co-morbidities. Systematic determination of having a caregiver might be a simple method to identify patients at a heightened risk of poor clinical outcomes.
Journal title :
American Journal of Cardiology
Journal title :
American Journal of Cardiology