Relationship between Improvement in Physical Activity and Three Nutritional Assessment Indicators in Patients Admitted to a Convalescent Rehabilitation Ward.

We investigated the relationship between three nutritional indicators, the Mini Nutritional Assessment-Short Form (MNA-SF), Geriatric Nutritional Risk Index (GNRI), and Controlling Nutrition Status (CONUT), and physical activity at discharge in patients admitted to convalescent rehabilitation wards. The study included 1601 patients (77 ± 12 years, male 46.2%) discharged from convalescent rehabilitation wards between April 2018 and September 2023.

Effect of comorbid heart failure assessed by plasma B-type natriuretic peptide level on the activities of daily living in patients with hospitalization-associated disability after aspiration pneumonia.

Purpose: We investigated the effects of comorbid heart failure on rehabilitation outcomes in patients with hospitalization-associated disability after aspiration pneumonia (AP).

Methods: This study included 134 patients with hospitalization-associated disability after AP. Patients were classified into heart failure (B-type natriuretic peptide (BNP) ≧100 pg/ml, n = 39) and non-heart failure (BNP < 100 pg/ml, n = 95) groups, and the rehabilitation outcomes of both groups were compared.

Effect of short-duration, limited rehabilitation on maintenance of the activities of daily living in patients with acute phase of COVID-19.

[Purpose] To determine whether short-duration, limited rehabilitation is effective in patients with COVID-19. [Participants and Methods] Single-center, retrospective, observational study. Thirty-six inpatients were classified into the three groups: a close contact (CC) group with a negative polymerase chain reaction (PCR) test (n=14); a PCR-positive (PP) group (n=15); and a PCR-positive and transfer (PT) group with severe COVID-19 patients who were transferred to an acute care hospital for treatment and then returned to our hospital (n=7).

Effect of heart failure and malnutrition, alone and in combination, on rehabilitation effectiveness in patients with hip fracture.

Background & Aims: Heart failure and malnutrition are known to each negatively affect a patient's ability to improve their activities of daily living (ADL) through rehabilitation. Here, we investigated whether the negative effects of malnutrition and heart failure on ADL are additive in patients after hip fracture.

Methods: This retrospective observational cohort study included 155 patients with hip fracture admitted to convalescent rehabilitation wards.

Heart failure assessed based on plasma B-type natriuretic peptide (BNP) levels negatively impacts activity of daily living in patients with hip fracture.

Several studies have shown that nutrition and muscle strength were associated with functional recovery in patients with hip fracture. However, the impact of heart failure on the improvement of activity of daily living (ADL) in patients with hip fracture have not been fully investigated. The purpose was investigating the effect of heart failure on the ADL improvement by rehabilitation in patients with hip fracture.