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Validating a Simple Discharge Planning Tool Following Hospital Admission for an Isolated Lower Limb Fracture

Lara A. Kimmel, Anne E. Holland, Pam M. Simpson, Elton R. Edwards, Belinda J. Gabbe
DOI: 10.2522/ptj.20130413 Published 1 July 2014
Lara A. Kimmel
L.A. Kimmel, BPhysio, GradDipClinEpi, Physiotherapy, Alfred Health, Commercial Road, Prahran, Melbourne, Victoria 3181, Australia, and Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
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Anne E. Holland
A.E. Holland, BAppSci(Physio), PhD, Physiotherapy, Alfred Health, and Physiotherapy, La Trobe University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
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Pam M. Simpson
P.M. Simpson, BSc(Hons), GradDipBiostat, Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, Monash University.
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Elton R. Edwards
E.R. Edwards, MBBS, FRACS, Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, and Orthopaedics, Alfred Health.
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Belinda J. Gabbe
B.J. Gabbe, BPhysio (Hons), PhD, Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, Monash University.
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Abstract

Background Early, accurate prediction of discharge destination from the acute hospital assists individual patients and the wider hospital system. The Trauma Rehabilitation and Prediction Tool (TRaPT), developed using registry data, determines probability of inpatient rehabilitation discharge for patients with isolated lower limb fractures.

Objective The aims of this study were: (1) to prospectively validatate the TRaPT, (2) to assess whether its performance could be improved by adding additional demographic data, and (3) to simplify it for use as a bedside tool.

Design This was a cohort, measurement-focused study.

Methods Patients with isolated lower limb fractures (N=114) who were admitted to a major trauma center in Melbourne, Australia, were included. The participants' TRaPT scores were calculated from admission data. Performance of the TRaPT score alone, and in combination with frailty, weight-bearing status, and home supports, was assessed using measures of discrimination and calibration. A simplified TRaPT was developed by rounding the coefficients of variables in the original model and grouping age into 8 categories. Simplified TRaPT performance measures, including specificity, sensitivity, and positive and negative predictive values, were evaluated.

Results Prospective validation of the TRaPT showed excellent discrimination (C-statistic=0.90 [95% confidence interval=0.82, 0.97]), a sensitivity of 80%, and specificity of 94%. All participants able to weight bear were discharged directly home. Simplified TRaPT scores had a sensitivity of 80% and a specificity of 88%.

Limitations Generalizability may be limited given the compensation system that exists in Australia, but the methods used will assist in designing a similar tool in any population.

Conclusions The TRaPT accurately predicted discharge destination for 80% of patients and may form a useful aid for discharge decision making, with the simplified version facilitating its use as a bedside tool.

Footnotes

  • Ms Kimmel, Associate Professor Holland, Associate Professor Edwards, and Professor Gabbe provided concept/idea/research design and writing. Ms Kimmel provided data collection and project management. Ms Kimmel, Associate Professor Holland, Ms Simpson, and Professor Gabbe provided data analysis. Professor Gabbe provided facilities/equipment and clerical support. Associate Professor Holland and Professor Gabbe provided institutional liaisons. Associate Professor Holland, Ms Simpson, Associate Professor Edwards, and Professor Gabbe provided consultation (including review of manuscript before submission). The Alfred Hospital provided study participants. The authors acknowledge The Alfred Hospital Physiotherapy Department for assisting with data collection.

  • Ethics approval from the Alfred Health Human Research Ethics Committee (HREC) and the Monash University HREC was obtained.

  • This study was supported by an Alfred Hospital Allied Health Research Grant.

  • Received September 11, 2013.
  • Accepted April 2, 2014.
  • © 2014 American Physical Therapy Association
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Lara A. Kimmel, Anne E. Holland, Pam M. Simpson, Elton R. Edwards, Belinda J. Gabbe
Physical Therapy Jul 2014, 94 (7) 1005-1013; DOI: 10.2522/ptj.20130413

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