Impacto del seguimiento al alta de Enfermería en Atención Primaria sobre los reingresos hospitalarios tempranos. Estudio observacional longitudinal

Aim

To determine the proportion of people who undergo discharge follow-up when indicated.

Design

Retrospective longitudinal observational study, with an analytical approach.

Population

persons discharged from the Hospital Universitario de la Princesa of any age and sex, with any reason for admission and with an indication for discharge follow-up in Primary Care. Users who did not have an assigned Autonomous Personal Identification Code (CIPA) were excluded. Random sample (n = 289).

Variables

Discharge follow-up and readmissions (<30 days). Sociodemographic, clinical and discharge follow-up variables were included from the electronic medical records of Primary and Hospital Care. A descriptive analysis of the sociodemographic and clinical characteristics of the study population was conducted. To analyze the association between discharge follow-up and readmissions, a logistic regression model was used.

Results

Age 72.4 years (RIQ 60-87). 55.2% of the population were women. Follow-up was conducted in 61.2% of those indicated. According to the logistic regression model performed between early readmission and discharge follow-up, adjusted for all other factors, the group with discharge follow-up had a 66% lower likelihood of hospital readmission (OR 0.34, 95% CI (0.18-0.67)).

Conclusions

These findings suggest that nursing discharge follow-up conducted in primary care reduces the risk of early readmission.