Association Between Having a Caregiver and Clinical Outcomes 1 Year After Hospitalization for Cardiovascular Disease

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• 作者：Lori  ; Mosca MD ; PhD  ; ;   ; ^{Ljm10@columbia.edu} ; Brooke  ; Aggarwal EdD ; MS ; Heidi  ; Mochari-Greenberger PhD ; RD ; Ming  ; Liao BS ; Judith  ; Blair MS ; RN ; Bin  ; Cheng PhD ; Mariceli  ; Comellas MA ; Lisa  ; Rehm MPA ; Niurka  ; Suero-Tejeda MA ; Tianna  ; Umann PA-C ; MA
• 刊名：The American Journal of Cardiology
• 出版年：2012
• 出版时间：1 January 2012
• 年：2012
• 卷：109
• 期：1
• 页码：135-139
• 全文大小：155 K

文摘

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 ?5 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 ? 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.