Characteristics and healthcare utilization of COVID-19 rehabilitation patients during the first and second waves of the pandemic in Toronto, Canada

Author:

Wasilewski Marina B.123,Szigeti Zara1,Simpson Robert4,Minezes Jacqueline4,Mayo Amanda L.15,Robinson Lawrence R.13,Lung Maria4,Hitzig Sander L.12

Affiliation:

1. St. John’s Rehab Research Program, Sunnybrook Research Institute, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre

2. Department of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy

3. Rehabilitation Sciences Institute, Temerty Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto

4. Musculoskeletal/STAR Rehab and Restorative Transitional Unit, St. John’s Rehab, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre

5. Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Temerty Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Canada

Abstract

The objective of this study is to describe the healthcare utilization, and clinical and sociodemographic features of a cohort of 74 coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) patients admitted to a tertiary rehabilitation hospital in Toronto, Canada. A retrospective chart review was performed using 74 charts from patients admitted to a COVID-19 rehabilitation unit between 11 April 2020 and 30 April 2021. Measures of central tendency, SDs, interquartile ranges, frequencies, and proportions were calculated to analyze clinical and sociodemographic data. A total of 74 patients were included in this study, including 33 males and 41 females. The mean age was 72.8 years, with Wave 1 patients being younger than Wave 2 patients. Sixty-six percent of total patients experienced hypertension. Mean functional independence measure score across both waves was 78 at admission and 100 at discharge. Mean length of stay was 14.6 days in Wave 1 and 18.8 days in Wave 2. This study represents some of the first data on the characteristics and outcomes of COVID-19 patients admitted to inpatient rehabilitation in Toronto, Canada across the initial waves of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Publisher

Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health)

Subject

Rehabilitation,Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation

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