Factors Associated with Discharge Destination in Patients with Bone Metastases.

Medicina (Kaunas)

Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Institute of Medicine, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba 305-8575, Japan.

Published: May 2024

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: The discharge destination of patients with advanced cancer correlates with their quality of life. Patients with bone metastases often undergo lifestyle changes owing to pain and activity limitations. However, there are few reports on factors related to the discharge destination of patients with bone metastases. This study aimed to elucidate the factors associated with the discharge destination of patients with bone metastases. : This study included 278 patients diagnosed with bone metastases who were admitted to the University of Tsukuba Hospital between April 2015 and March 2020. This study examined discharge destination, occurrence of skeletal-related events (SREs), primary lesions, locations of bone metastases, functional ambulation categories (FAC), age, and length of hospital stay. A binomial logistic regression analysis was conducted to compare the home and non-home discharge groups. : Of the 278 patients, 142 were discharged to home, 89 were discharged to somewhere other than home (non-home), and 47 died. The discharge destination was associated with spinal cord compression (SCC) (odds ratio [OR] 3.37, 95% confidence interval [CI] 1.35-8.43), hypercalcemia (OR 6.84, 95% CI 1.09-42.76), and FAC at admission (OR 0.45, 95% CI 0.35-0.58). The admission FAC cut-off value for discharge to home was determined to be 1.5 (area under the curve [AUC] 0.79, sensitivity 77.5%, specificity 68.5%). : Factors associated with discharge destination were identified. The walking ability required for discharge to home was FAC 1.5, meaning that the patient needed one person to assist in preventing falls when walking on level ground. A cut-off value for FAC on admission for predicting outcomes was identified, suggesting the importance of gait ability assessment on admission.

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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11205847PMC
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/medicina60060881DOI Listing

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