Table 2.
Characteristics of Patients Using the Outpatient Rehabilitation Facilities
| Total (n=184) |
Facilities accepting patients with HF (n=159) |
Facilities not accepting patients with HF (n=25) |
P value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ratio of male to female** | ||||
| More men | 54 (29.0) | 54 (34.0) | 0 (0.0) | <0.001 |
| More women | 65 (35.0) | 44 (27.7) | 21 (84.0) | |
| About equal numbers of men and women | 65 (35.0) | 61 (38.4) | 4 (16.0) | |
| Age group distribution** | ||||
| <64 years | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0.009 |
| 65–69 years | 3 (2.0) | 3 (1.9) | 0 (0.0) | |
| 70–74 years | 10 (5.0) | 6 (3.8) | 4 (16.0) | |
| 75–79 years | 25 (14.0) | 19 (11.9) | 6 (24.0) | |
| 80–84 years | 88 (48.0) | 77 (48.4) | 11 (44.0) | |
| 85–89 years | 49 (27.0) | 45 (28.3) | 4 (16.0) | |
| ≥90years | 9 (5.0) | 9 (5.7) | 0 (0.0) | |
| Complication (multiple answers) | ||||
| Malignant growth | 8 (4.0) | 7 (4.4) | 1 (4.0) | 0.927 |
| Cerebrovascular disease | 122 (66.0) | 107 (67.3) | 15 (60.0) | 0.473 |
| Disuse syndrome | 143 (78.0) | 127 (79.9) | 16 (64.0) | 0.076 |
| Respiratory disease | 53 (29.0) | 47 (29.6) | 6 (24.0) | 0.568 |
| Kidney disease | 26 (14.0) | 25 (15.7) | 1 (4.0) | 0.118 |
| Liver disease | 1 (1.0) | 1 (0.6) | 0 (0.0) | 0.691 |
| Musculoskeletal disease (lower limb)* | 149 (81.0) | 125 (78.6) | 24 (96.0) | 0.040 |
| Musculoskeletal diseases (spine)* | 102 (55.0) | 83 (52.2) | 19 (76.0) | 0.026 |
| Neuromuscular diseases* | 57 (31.0) | 44 (27.7) | 13 (52.0) | 0.015 |
| Metabolic diseases | 16 (9.0) | 14 (8.8) | 2 (8.0) | 0.984 |
| Others | 2 (1.0) | 2 (1.3) | 0 (0.0) | 0.573 |
| None | 4 (2.0) | 4 (2.5) | 0 (0.0) | 0.643 |
| Level of care needed | ||||
| Requiring help 1 | 2 (1.0) | 5 (3.1) | 2 (8.0) | 0.112 |
| Requiring help 2 | 2 (1.0) | 22 (13.8) | 9 (36.0) | |
| Long-term care 1 | 28 (15.0) | 50 (31.4) | 3 (12.0) | |
| Long-term care 2 | 61 (33.0) | 53 (33.3) | 8 (32.0) | |
| Long-term care 3 | 53 (29.0) | 25 (15.7) | 3 (12.0) | |
| Long-term care 4 | 31 (17.0) | 2 (1.3) | 0 (0.0) | |
| Long-term care 5 | 7 (4.0) | 2 (1.3) | 0 (0.0) | |
| Bed-fast scale20 | ||||
| Independence | 5 (3.0) | 4 (2.5) | 1 (4.0) | 0.357 |
| J1 | 19 (10.0) | 17 (10.7) | 2 (8.0) | |
| J2 | 29 (16.0) | 23 (14.5) | 6 (24.0) | |
| A1 | 65 (35.0) | 56 (35.2) | 9 (36.0) | |
| A2 | 55 (30.0) | 49 (30.8) | 6 (24.0) | |
| B1 | 8 (4.0) | 7 (4.4) | 1 (4.0) | |
| B2 | 2 (1.0) | 2 (1.3) | 0 (0.0) | |
| C1 | 1 (1.0) | 1 (0.6) | 0 (0.0) | |
| C2 | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | |
| Dementia scale20 | ||||
| Independence | 28 (15.0) | 21 (13.2) | 7 (28.0) | 0.270 |
| I | 49 (27.0) | 45 (28.3) | 4 (16.0) | |
| II | 45 (24.0) | 37 (23.3) | 8 (32.0) | |
| IIa | 33 (18.0) | 30 (18.9) | 3 (12.0) | |
| IIb | 24 (13.0) | 21 (13.2) | 3 (12.0) | |
| III | 2 (1.0) | 2 (1.3) | 0 (0.0) | |
| IIIa | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | |
| IIIb | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | |
| IV | 2 (1.0) | 2 (1.3) | 0 (0.0) | |
| M | 1 (1.0) | 1 (0.6) | 0 (0.0) | |
| New York Heart Association functional class | ||||
| I | NA | 26 (16.4) | NA | |
| II | NA | 80 (50.3) | NA | |
| III | NA | 52 (32.7) | NA | |
| IV | NA | 1 (0.6) | NA | |
| % Patients with HF per day | ||||
| 1–10 | NA | 106 (66.7) | NA | |
| 11–20 | NA | 34 (21.4) | NA | |
| 21–30 | NA | 11 (6.9) | NA | |
| 31–40 | NA | 6 (3.8) | NA | |
| 41–50 | NA | 1 (0.6) | NA | |
| 51–60 | NA | 0 (0.0) | NA | |
| 61–70 | NA | 0 (0.0) | NA | |
| 71–80 | NA | 1 (0.6) | NA | |
| 81–90 | NA | 0 (0.0) | NA | |
| 91–100 | NA | 0 (0.0) | NA | |
Unless indicated otherwise, data are presented as n (%). Accepting facilities are those accepting patients with heart failure (HF) only, whereas non-accepting facilities are for patients with diseases other than HF. *P<0.05, **P<0.01 between accepting and non-accepting facilities. Level of care needed refers to patients who are certified as requiring help or long-term care. Requiring help 1: A person who can perform basic activities of daily living but needs some assistance; Requiring help 2: In addition to the status of Requiring help 1, the patient is unsteady in walking and has limited ability to do things on his/her own; Long-term care 1: Patients with physical and thinking abilities worse than those in need of Requiring help 2, and need nursing care for part of their daily activities; Long-term care 2: Patients require assistance with basic activities of daily living. Cognitive functions are also deteriorating; Long-term care 3: Patient needs assistance with almost all activities of daily living; Long-term care 4: A condition requiring constant nursing care; Long-term care 5: Almost bedridden. Bed-fast scale, criteria for evaluating the degree of independence of disabled elderly persons in performing activities of daily living; Dementia scale, criteria for evaluating the degree of independence of elderly persons with dementia in performing activities of daily living; NA, not applicable. Refer to reference 20 (Maruta 2019) for the Bed-fast scale and Dementia scale.