24 January 2023: Clinical Research
Effects of Caregiver’s Gender or Distance Between Caregiver and Patient’s Home on Home Discharge from Hospital in 285 Patients Aged ≥75 Years in Japan
Yoshimasa Oda 12ABCDEF* , Naoko E. Katsuki 1ABCDEF* , Masaki Tago 1ABDEFG* , Risa Hirata 1CDEF , Osamu Kojiro 3ABE , Masanori Nishiyama 2ADE , Masamichi Oda 3E , Shu-ichi Yamashita 1ADEDOI: 10.12659/MSM.939202
Med Sci Monit 2023; 29:e939202
Table 2 Top 10 main diagnoses.
| Main diagnosis | All patients285 | Home group191 | Other group†94 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Congestive heart failure | 14 (4.9%) | 7 (3.7%) | 7 (7.4%) |
| Dehydration | 11 (3.9%) | 7 (3.7%) | 4 (4.3%) |
| Acute pneumonia | 10 (3.5%) | 5 (2.6%) | 5 (5.3%) |
| Aspiration pneumonia | 10 (3.5%) | 6 (3.1%) | 4 (4.3%) |
| Bronchial pneumonia | 7 (2.5%) | 5 (2.6%) | 2 (2.1%) |
| Acute bronchiectasis | 6 (2.1%) | 5 (2.6%) | 1 (1.1%) |
| Urinary tract infection | 6 (2.1%) | 3 (1.6%) | 3 (3.2%) |
| Chronic heart failure | 5 (1.8%) | 3 (1.6%) | 2 (2.1%) |
| Herpes zoster | 5 (1.8%) | 3 (1.6%) | 2 (2.1%) |
| Bacterial pneumonia | 4 (1.4%) | 4 (2.1%) | 0 (0.0%) |
| † The other group comprised patients discharged to long-term care (LTC) facilities, were transferred to another hospital, deceased in hospital, or deceased in LTC facilities. The value for the chi-square test of all 165 kinds of diagnosis was 0.462. | |||