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      Hospital transition care for the elderly: an integrative review Translated title: Cuidados de transição hospitalar à pessoa idosa: revisão integrativa Translated title: Cuidados de transición hospitalar a la persona idosa: revisión integrativa

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          ABSTRACT Objective: to identify evidence of scientific production on hospital transition care provided to the elderly. Method: an integrative review, with publications search in the MEDLINE, PubMed, LILACS, BDENF, Index Psychology and SciELO databases, with keywords and Mesh terms: elderly, hospitalization, patient discharge, health of the elderly, and transitional care, between 2013 and 2017 in English, Portuguese and Spanish. The 14 selected articles analysis was carried out through exploratory and critical reading of titles, abstracts and results of the researches. Results: transitional care can prevent re-hospitalizations as they enable rehabilitation, promotion and cure of illnesses in the elderly. Final considerations: transitional care implies the improvement of the quality of life of the elderly person, requiring skilled health professionals who involve the family through accessible communication.

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          RESUMO Objetivo: identificar evidências da produção científica sobre os cuidados de transição hospitalar prestado à pessoa idosa. Método: revisão integrativa, com busca de publicações nas bases de dados MEDLINE, PubMed, LILACS, BDENF, Index Psicologia e SciELO, com as palavras-chave e Mesh terms: idoso, hospitalização, alta do paciente, saúde do idoso e cuidado transicional, entre 2013 e 2017, nos idiomas inglês, português e espanhol. A análise dos 14 artigos selecionados deu-se por meio da leitura exploratória e crítica dos títulos, resumos e dos resultados das pesquisas. Resultados: os cuidados de transição podem evitar re-hospitalizações, à medida que permitem a reabilitação, promoção e cura de enfermidades na pessoa idosa. Considerações finais: os cuidados transicionais implicam na melhoria da qualidade de vida da pessoa idosa, sendo necessários profissionais de saúde habilitados e que envolvam a família através de comunicação acessível.

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          RESUMEN Objetivo: identificar evidencias de la producción científica sobre los cuidados de transición hospitalaria prestados al anciano. Método: una revisión integrativa con búsqueda de publicaciones en las bases de datos MEDLINE, PubMed, LILACS, BDENF, Índice de Psicología y SciELO con palabras clave y Mesh terms: ancianos, hospitalización, alta de los pacientes, la salud y cuidado de personas mayores de transición entre 2013 y 2017, en Inglés, portugués y español. El análisis de los 14 artículos seleccionados se dio por medio de la lectura exploratoria y crítica de los títulos, resúmenes y de los resultados de las encuestas. Resultados: los cuidados de transición pueden evitar re-hospitalizaciones, a medida que permiten la rehabilitación, promoción y cura de enfermedades en lo anciano. Consideraciones finales: los cuidados transicionales implican en la mejora de la calidad de vida de la persona mayor, siendo necesarios profesionales de salud habilitados y que involucran a la famil ia a través de comunicación accesible.

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          The PICO strategy for the research question construction and evidence search

          Evidence based practice is the use of the best scientific evidence to support the clinical decision making. The identification of the best evidence requires the construction of an appropriate research question and review of the literature. This article describes the use of the PICO strategy for the construction of the research question and bibliographical search.
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            Readmissions after hospital discharge are common and costly, but prediction models are poor at identifying patients at high risk of readmission. We evaluated the impact of frailty on readmission or death within 30 days after discharge from general internal medicine wards.
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              Effectiveness of a transitional home care program in reducing acute hospital utilization: a quasi-experimental study

              Background Improving healthcare utilization is essential as health systems around the world grapple with the escalating demands for acute hospital resources. Evidence suggests that transitional care programs are effective to improve utilization of healthcare. However, the evidence for transitional care programs that enhance the home medical care model and provide multi-disciplinary patient-centered care is not well established. We evaluated if a transitional home care program operated by the Singapore General Hospital was effective in reducing acute hospital utilization. Methods We performed a quasi-experimental study using a pre-post design to evaluate the effectiveness of a transitional home care program in reducing hospital admissions and emergency department attendances of medically complex patients enrolled into the program in a tertiary hospital in Singapore. Patients received a comprehensive needs assessment performed by the physician and a nurse case manager in the home setting, followed by an individualized care plan that included medical and nursing care, patient education and coordination of care with hospital specialists and community services. Primary study outcomes were emergency department attendances and hospital admissions to all hospitals. These were extracted from hospital administrative data and national health records. Wilcoxon Signed Ranks Test was used for assess differences in pre and post continuous data. Results Overall, 262 patients were enrolled into the program and 259 were analyzed. Patients had a 51.6% and 52.8% reduction in hospital admissions in the three-month and six-month post enrollment, respectively. Similarly, a 47.1% and 48.2% reduction was observed for emergency department attendances in the three and six months post enrollment, respectively. The average difference in per patient hospital bed days in the pre- and post-enrollment periods were 12.05 days and 20.03 days at the 3-month and 6-month periods, respectively. Conclusions Patients enrolled in the transitional home care program had significantly lower acute hospital utilization through the reduction of emergency department attendances and hospital admissions. A comprehensive assessment of patients’ medical and social needs in the home setting and formulation of an individualized care plan optimized post-discharge care for medically complex patients.
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                Contributors
                Role: ND
                Role: ND
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                Journal
                reben
                Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem
                Rev. Bras. Enferm.
                Associação Brasileira de Enfermagem (Brasília, DF, Brazil )
                0034-7167
                1984-0446
                2019
                : 72
                : suppl 2
                : 294-301
                Affiliations
                [1] Salvador Bahia orgnameUniversidade Federal da Bahia Brazil
                [2] Salvador Bahia orgnameUnião Metropolitana de Educação e Cultura Brazil
                Article
                S0034-71672019000800294 S0034-7167(19)07200000294
                10.1590/0034-7167-2018-0286
                30942377
                c0775b3e-a4eb-4d3a-b46d-5d15164042ef

                This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

                History
                : 31 July 2018
                : 07 May 2018
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                Patient Discharge,Transitional Care,Saúde do Idoso,Elderly,Alta do Paciente,Cuidado Transicional,Hospitalização,Alta del Paciente,Cuidado de Transición,Anciano,Hospitalización,Salud del Anciano,Hospitalization,Health of the Elderly,Idoso

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