Publications by authors named "Jeff Knecht"
Aims And Objectives: To determine the level of convergent validity of the '6-Clicks' Basic Mobility and Daily Activity with the Bedside Mobility Assessment Tool (BMAT) in patients admitted to a tertiary care academic hospital.
Background: Accurately measuring a patient's ability to mobilise during hospitalisation is necessary but can be challenging. Two instruments, the Activity Measure for Post-Acute Care short-form '6-Clicks' and the BMAT, are commonly used to determine patients' mobility levels; however, these instruments have not been psychometrically evaluated together.
Objective: The objective was to use the Activity Measure for Post-Acute Care "6-Clicks" scores at initial physical therapist and/or occupational therapist evaluation to assess (1) predictive ability for community versus institutional discharge, and (2) association with discharge destination (home/self-care [HOME], home health [HHA], skilled nursing facility [SNF], and inpatient rehabilitation facility [IRF]).
Methods: In this retrospective cohort study, initial "6-Clicks" Basic Mobility and/or Daily Activity t scores and discharge destination were obtained from electronic health records of 17,546 inpatient admissions receiving physical therapy/occupational therapy at an academic hospital between October 1, 2015 and August 31, 2018. For objective (1), postacute discharge destination was dichotomized to community (HOME and HHA) and institution (SNF and IRF).