Hospital Readmission Risks Screening for Older Adult with Stroke: Tools Development and Validation of a Prediction

Abstract

Hospital readmission of stroke elderly remains a need for detecting preventable risks. This study aims to develop a Readmission Stroke Screening Tool or RRST. The mixed research design was employed, phase1; systematic reviews from 193 articles extracting to be 14 articles, 9 experts’ consensus, and try out the RRST Internal consistency; IOC = .93, ICC = between .93 and .56, phase 2; Data collecting 150 of strokes patients in the stroke units during 2019 to 2020; 30 nurses employed the RRST to screen stroke elderly before discharge. Statistical analysis, Exploring Principal Factor Analysis to test the best predictor factor, and Confirmatory Factor Analysis to test the model identity were employed. Results: The multi-domain RRST; 4 factors: Intra, inter, and external factors of patients can predict the hospital readmission of Stroke elderly at a high level in 28 days. The ADL: Activities in the Daily life domain was the highest level of predicting (Eigen Value = 6.76, 1.15, Variances = 79.19%) significantly. 53.3% of user nurses reflected; the RRST tool’s effectiveness was achievable in usefulness, benefit, accuracy, and easy to use; however, the rest users identified to improve the RRST easier and quicker. Conclusion; The new RRST; can predict the high-risk readmission effectively = 92.5%. User nurses satisfied the RRST predicted quality. the multi-domain RRST could be detecting the Thai Stroke’s high-risk group for reducing avoidable risks, suggestion; more effort will be investigated prospectively in readmission by expanded volume of the Asian’ Stroke elderly for increasing accuracy predicting and extended tool quality utilized standard scored correctly

Introduction

Stroke is a significant cause of morbidity and mortality and of which the second leading cause of death worldwide in both developing and developed countries. As a result, the leading cause of long-term disability worldwide. Stroke survivors are often left with permanent physical and mental disabilities and losing health care costs.¹ More than 4.5 million strokes have a significant residual disability.^2,3 The costs of stroke are rising payments to acute care facilities with high readmission rates within 30 days of discharge, partly due to an aging population.^4,5 Stroke patients must be well prepared before hospital discharge to perform medical adherence effectively management at home. Since lacking prepare sufficiently for a routine discharge plan for the preventable readmission, the Stroke patient leaves the hospital then returns to the hospital in 28 days, critically or unplanned, is still occurring incontinent. Moreover; truly represent real avoidable patient readmissions is unclear; routine preventability assessment may require observation and information outside the scope of health records.^6,7

Most of the older stroke patients also suffered from at least one other chronic condition compounding their various treatment regimen and recovery in the rehabilitation process.⁸ Many studies in stroke readmission presented that; multicenter study, 9% of the discharged patients with ischemic stroke were readmitted within a 1 month⁹; Thai’s 70 years old or more were 17.5%.¹⁰ A prediction of the readmission model was 15.5% in an Asian Population from proxy markers of hospitalization severity.¹¹ Some studies reported that nurses’ screening devices for hospital discharge home among the stroke-patients having some limitations or a single domain or unclear, uncovered aspects,¹² there is a lack of studies and instruments that evaluate the evaluation in various covered domains, including a standard for identifying and defining what is considered preventable readmission does not exist.¹² A preventable hospital readmission rates as a quality metric and domains of Hospital Accreditation quality measures; the tool prediction’s reliability and feasibility are necessary.⁵

Within 28 days in the same condition, readmission stroke patients are more than a standard guideline; identified should not exceed 1.5%. However, in Thai, 10%; repeated stroke readmission in hospitals occurred among people aged 65 years and over.^13,14 To detect crucial warning signs of post-stroke patients, screening with a clinician-friendly tool is necessary for surveillance. The gaps in post-discharge care coordination are increasing potential readmission risks. This study aims to develop and validate a predictive screening tool, Readmission Stroke Screening Tools (RRST), for constructing and confirming factors or domains determining hospital readmission for an older adult with a stroke and evaluating the quality of the tool by user nurses.

Material and Method

The RRST Clinical screening tool was developed to predict accuracy, used systematic reviews for initial construct mapping.¹⁵ Then following by 9 experts’ opinions, validate the screening framework, as has been done by others in health care clinics,¹⁶ to obtain the consensus of content validity of a panel of experts. The consistency of standardizing criteria, practicability, and measurement appraisal properties of the tool is achieved.¹⁶ Comprehensively mastering relevant knowledge and implementing usability in tool development processing are essential requirements for correctly assessing tool development’s methodological quality.¹⁶ To judge the quality of performance from the expert opinion into fit the RRST tool on the Thai’s context and time appropriately, based on decision-making rules, and screening administration recording and reporting requirements. Therefore, the design was composed of 2 sequential phases.

The first phase used a systematic review searching from 5 data-based. Five databases; (CINAHL Plus with Full Text (Ebsco); MEDLINE/PubMed (Ebsco); Ovid UML Journals@Ovid (University of Massachusetts, Lowell Subscribed content, and Cochrane Library (Wiley), Broad 5 important keywords were search items included keywords for readmission, risk assessment, tools and the terms “hospital settings” and “older adults.” Reliability, validity, and predictors of readmission tools were extracted independently by 2 authors and categorized by the authors’ classification tool to explore and investigate 194 topics related to RRST to be analyzed. The relevant titles and abstracts were screened as to eligibility based on the inclusion criteria. In doubtful cases, a decision was made by 2 reviewers. Differences in judgment were resolved through a consensus procedure.

The completed report articles were deducted to be 14 articles related to RRST. Assessing manuscripts from the corpus was conducted using the online systematic review software DistillerSR1. A pool of items or components was developed for the initial prototype version of the First draft RRST.

Nine experts included 4 medical doctors, 3 instructor nurses, and 2 head nurses who studied and work with stroke patients and older adults. The procedure of the tool formation refinement consisted of 5 steps: (1) define the concept, (2) generate the itemized pool, (3) determine the format of scored scaling, (4) itemized reviews, (5) pilot testing, Indexing Objective-itemized Correlation (IOC) of the RRST was calculated and improved to be an RRST in the Second draft RRST (48 items), They were tried out among 30 stroke patients before hospital discharge home. The new RRST (39 items) was implemented in phase 2 among 150 stroke patients before discharged home by 30 user nurses’ in screening and evaluating the RRST. This study’s setting was a Neurological service institute in Bangkok and Hospital in Pathum-Thani Province, Thailand.

Research Instrument Development

Phase 2; evidence gathering tools contain both the instrument and the instructions for gathering and interpreting evidence in an assessment process. An assessment tool is made up of the following components: (1) the context and conditions for the assessment, (2) the tasks to be administered to the population, (3) an outline of the evidence to be gathered from the population, (4) the evidence criteria used to judge the quality of performance, for instance, the decision-making rules, and (5) the administration recording and reporting requirements.

The RRST consisted of 5 domains/factors were affecting readmission; ADL domain applied the originality source from Barthel Index.¹⁷ All items were rated on a 3-points (10 items, full scored = 100); 10 = able to do, 5 = do some, 0 = don’t do, the summative response scale with ADL interpretation; 0-20 scored = high risk, 25-90 scored = moderate risk, 95-100 scored = low risk. IADL domain (modified originality source from Instrumental Activities of Daily Living Scale).¹⁸ All items were rated a 3-points (8 items, full scored = 24; 100); 3 = able to do, 2 = do some, 1 = can’t do, the summative response scale with IADL interpretation; 1%-20% = high risk, 21%-79% = moderate risk, 80%+ = low-risk for hospital readmission, Health Risk Behavior (HRB); all items were rated a 2-points (12 items full scored = 24; 100); 2 = able to do, can’t do = 1 (applied originality source from chronic care model).¹⁹ Summative response scale with the HRB scored interpretation ≥20% = low risk, ≤20 ± 79% = moderate risk, ≤80 = high risk. The ISAR (applied to originating source from Identification of Seniors at Risk Screening Tool)²⁰ (7 items, full scored = 14:100). Moreover, TRST (applied originality source from Triage Risk Stratification Tool)²¹ (9 items, full scored = 18:100), the ISAR & TRST all items were rated a 2-points summative response scale scored on rating, and the interpretation used the same values scored scaling of HRB. Intraclass Correlation Coefficient: (ICC), Cranach’s Alpha Coefficient of ADL, IADL, HRB, ISAR, and TRST ranged = .95, .88, .71, .71, & .57 respectively, internal consistency IOC value = .936, 885, .710, .710 and 566, mean = 49, and SD = 13.360.

The sample was Thai stroke patients aged 60 years and older in the selected health care institute and hospital. The sample size can calculate from the table of estimating a population with specific relative precision.²² They admitted that from 2017 to 2018, 150 first stroke patients diagnosed by the physician who meets the inclusion criteria were selected. The acceptable sample size was 10 subjects per item,²³ and 30 professional nurses as trained researchers’ assistants in the stroke units, who employed the RRST.

Data Collecting

Recruitment and consent of the first stroke patients were consent. They would be asked to participate by his /her treating health care professional before discharge home. All patients are free to choose whether or not to participate in the project. If they agree to engage in the study, the informed consent form will be signed before discharged home, continue into follow-up at the stroke clinic at the end of 2, 4 weeks after discharge home. A total of 3 times data gathering, users’ nurses assessed the patient’s level of consciousness and readiness to respond; before discharge home at the 1^st screening using RRST (39 items). The screening through direct observation, interview, and patient’s profile recording.

Ethical considerations; there were necessary for participants to receive the harm’s protection while participating in this study. The participants received respect, no liability, and equality in this study as a whole. Before the implementation of the study protocol, approval was obtained by the Human Research Ethics Committee COA. No. MUPH 2016-19, 61039, and 091/2561. The committee approved, including the consent forms on the 2 Institute of the Stroke units’ human rights.

Data Analysis

Descriptive statistics of each item/component were used to delineate the scored distribution. Initially, the data were screened by examining descriptive statistics and potential univariate and multivariate assumption violations. The RRST quality criterion level for those metric correlation coefficients in each item of the RRST was 0.30 or greater (P-value <.05) were considered statistically significant and accepted.²⁴ Then Exploratory Factor Analysis (EFA), principal components analysis, and rotation with Varimax method were applied. To test the tool quality, construct, and content validity, was the best factors, subfactors, and items/components of readmission of the stroke elderly. Indexing base on reliability, item quality, and predictivity of the new RRST; While as Confirmatory Factor Analysis (CFA)was used for RRSTModel identity testing the excellent fitting between the observed variables from the selected sample, and the theoretical framework underlying this framework.^25,26 This process resulted in a 30-item RRST prototype scale as the latest model.

Qualitative Data Collecting and Analysis

Thirty nurse user responses were screening and recorded the 150 first stroke patients. It is observational and narrative in the stroke patient screening before discharge home; the narrative was verbatim and integrated thematically by 2 co-authors to form 4 declarative statements that followed Flick’s thematic coding procedures.²⁷

Results

The participants’ characteristics; the 150 older adults with the first stroke; ranged in age from 60 to 89 years, 93 males, and 57 females. They were finished primary school and secondary school, respectively, living with spouses, and unemployed. Having 2 to 4 family members, and mostly live with spouse and children. Most of them can help themselves and have no caregivers; 6.7% were severity cases depend on the caregivers at home. Most treatment rights were the medical right of an official and gold card 30 baht. The final sample characteristics are presented in Table 1.

Table 1.

Demographic Characteristics of Older Adults with the First Stroke (n = 150).

General characteristics	Values
	Frequency	%
Gender
Male	93	62.0
Female	57	38.0
Age (years)
60-69	78	51.9
70-79	47	31.4
80-89	25	16.7
Financial status (person)
Insufficient	21	36.0
Sufficient	110	60.0
Sufficient and savings	19	4.0
Living style
Alone	10	6.7
Living with husband/wife	28	18.7
Living with husband/wife and children	60	40.0
Living with husband/wife and grandchildren	8	5.3
Living with husband/wife grandchildren and relatives	44	29.4
Self-care demand
No need caregiver	100	73.3
Need caregiver sometimes	27	18.0
Need caregiver totally	13	6.7
Underlying diseases
No	4	2.7
DM	23	15.3
HT	32	21.3
DM with HT	85	56.7
Other chronic diseases	6	4

The RRST comprises 5 factors correlated to readmission for the older adult with a stroke. After data extraction from 48 components to be 4 crucial factors (39 components) influencing the stroke readmission in hospital as the following Table 2.

Table 2.

The Multi-Domain RRST; 4 Factors Attributed Influencing Hospital Readmission of an Older Adult with a Stroke.

Attributes/statistical values	RRST domains
	ADL	IADL	Health risk behavior	ISAR	TRST
Sub factor/component	2 sub-factors; 10 component; factor loading ranged 0.925 to 0.689	1 sub-factors 8 components; factor loading ranged 0.921 to 0.599	5 sub-factors; 14 components; factor loading ranged 0.873 to 0.394	3 sub-factors; 7 components	3 sub-factors; 9 components; factor loading ranged 0.957 to 0.477
Eigen values	6.764, 1.155	5.729	2.891, 1.903, 1.615, 1.323, 1.119	1.984, 1.312, 1.165	2.625, 1.495, 1.069
% Of variance	67.639, 11.548	71.613	20.825, 13.292, 11.903, 9.505, 7.669	28.341, 18.749, 16.639	29.465, 16.615, 13.019, 11.883
Kaiser-Meyer-Olkin	0.886	0.922	0.642	0.515** non-corresponding	0.618
Total % of variance	79.187	71.613	62.714	63.924	70.982
Total RRST 39 components	KMO = 0.843, approx. χ2 = 4.391, df = 0.741, sig = .000, Eigenvalue = 12.310, total % of variance = 72.678

Note. EFA; Kaiser-Meyer-Olkin (KMO) scored value ≥0.60 = be accepted, ISAR was excluded the RRST (39 items) were obtained, accounting for 72.68% of the variance. *= N/A.

The Minimal Criterion

Firstly, the best predictor of the 4 factors of the Readmission screening tool passed the criteria (The Keiser-Meyer-Olkin (KMO) measure of sampling adequacy and Bartlett tests of sphericity indicated that the EFA was possible, as shown in Table 2. When the correlation is high, the factor analysis can be carried out. This scale of RRST (KMO value is 0.918, which is greater than 0.8) indicates that these data from 4 factors are very suitable for the Explanatory Factor Analysis and are accepted²⁸ (The significance probability of Bartlett’s sphere test is 0.000, it is less than 0.01. The eigenvalue is approximately greater than or equal to 1). Accordingly, the results in Table 3; illustrated the words itemized and meaning counted of the components on each factor passed all significant criteria; Iteratively eliminated items from the item-pool were 39 items. Of course, the ADL factors are divided into 2 sub-factors: sub-factor 1, referred to the patients’ movement with 8 components; sub-factor 2, referred to patients’ urinary function, consisted of 2 components. While as the IADL factor has shown, only 1 factor consisted of 8 components. Likely HRB divided to be 4 subfactors: Including the TRST was divided into 3 sub-factors:

Table 3.

The Illustrated 4-Factors Pattern Matrix Showing the Factor Loadings of Each Component on EFA of RRST Model (39 Components) Compared with CFA of the New RRST Model (30 Components).

EFA of RRST (39 items)				CFA of RRST (30 items)			Observed, interviewed
EFA; ADL factor				CFA; ADL factor
Items ranking	Components	Sub-factors	Factor loading	Items ranking	Components	Sub-factors
1	B6	Movement	0.925	1	B6	Movement	Body movement
2	B2	Movement	0.915	2	B2	Movement	Go to the toilet
3	B4	Movement	0.877	3	B4	Movement	Take a bath
4	B5	Movement	0.868	4	B5	Movement	Dress
5	B7	Movement	0.846	5	B7	Movement	Up the stairs
6	B1	Movement	0.844	6	B1	Movement	Up-down on the bed
7	B3	Movement	0.787	7	B3	Movement	Cleanse, wash the body
8	B8	Movement	0.685	8	B8	Movement	Dining
9	B9	Toilet	0.878	9	B9	Toilet	Urination
10	B10	Toilet	0.831	10	B10	Toilet	Defecation
EFA; IADL factor				CFA; IADL factor
1	D2	Self-management	0.921	11	D2	Self-management	Shopping
2	D5	Self-management	0.894	12	D5	Self-management	Homecare
3	D4	Self-management	0.880	13	D4	Self-management	Laundry
4	D8	Self-management	0.875	14	D8	Self-management	Traveling
5	D6	Self-management	0.861	15	D6	Self-management	Self-medication
6	D7	Self-management	0.855	16	D7	Self-management	Financial management
7	D3	Self-management	0.841	17	D3	Self-management	Self-food preparation
8	D1	Self-management	0.599	18	D1	Self-management	Taking advantage of the phone
EFA; HRB factor				CFA; HRB factor
1	C5	Addictive substance	0.873	*	*	*	Having drunk alcohol or beverage drinks containing alcohol or not
2	C3	Food consumption	0.812	*	*	*	Taking still eating the lipid food
3	C9	Pattern of sleeping	0.806	19	C9	Pattern of sleeping	Getting sleep behavior pattern problems
4	C6	Addictive substance	0.800	*	*	*	Still smoking? (smoking)
5	C10	Pattern of sleeping	0.742	20	C10	Pattern of sleeping	Feeling confused/unfresh when waking up in the morning (wakeup)
6	C14	Problem of sleeping	0.734	*	*	*	Having an unsolved coping with stress problem (solve stress problem)
7	C13	Problem of sleeping	0.729	21	C13	Problem of sleeping	Stressful or not comfortable to sleep
8	C11	Pattern of sleeping	0.722	22	C11	Pattern of sleeping	The number of hours of sleep can sleep per day?
9	C4	Food consumption	0.581	23	C4	Food consumption	Cooking food, add up the seasoning or salty food
10	C12	Problem of sleeping	0.569	*	*	*	Need to take a drug for rest or sleep frequently
11	C2	Food consumption	0.511	*	*	*	Eating sweets, soft drinks, beverages, and sweet food often
12	C7	Exercise behavior	0.394	24	C7	Exercise behavior	Getting exercise frequently
EFA; TRST factor				CFA; TRST; factor
1	G6_1	Being pretended	0.957	25	G6_1	Being pretended	Violence to the rights
2	G6_3	Being pretended	0.944	26	G6_3	Being pretended	Seeking the benefits
3	G4	History of falls	0.860	*	*	*	History of accidentally falling
4	G6_2	Being pretended	0.857	27	G6_2	Being pretended	Neglected own self
5	G2	History of illness	0.828	28	G2	History of illness	History of dementia or forgetfulness
6	G3	Authority	0.772	29	G3	Authority	Walking or limb movement difficult
7	G5	Authority	0.528	*	*	*	Additive drug using
8	G6_4	Authority	0.477	*	*	*	Within one month, receive readmission
9	G1	History of illness	0.419	30	G1	History of illness	Having a sign/symptom of confusion, calculating the number, and thinking slowly

Note. EFA: all domains has Eigenvalues >1, all of the RRST component significant level at .05 to .00 and pass the criterion measured. *= N/A.

Further perform a confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) on the 39 components, verifying and replicating a new structure’s solution, the 9 items loss to be 30 items as the latest multi-domain RRST, (30 components); (due to 4 domains passed criteria of the goodness of fit) except ADL (factor had RMSEA = 0.142 higher than 0.08 cut off point, do not pass the criteria)²⁹ as the following Table 3.

The latest multi-domains RRST

ADL domain: 10 components, IADL domain: 8 components, HRB domain: 6 components, and TRST domain: 6 components. The coefficient of a determinant of ADL, IADL, HRB, and TRST factors was 0.994, 0.950, 0.838, and 0.998. The multi-domain RRST Latent constructs in each domain are shown in elliptical line, and observed variables in rectangle line as Figures 1 and 2 as follows;

Figure 1.

The model fit indices of the new RRST of 4 factors: 30 components influencing the readmission of the older adult with stroke.

Figure 2.

The multi-factors RRST model influencing the hospital readmission of the older adult with first stroke.

Note. The multi-domain RRST (30 components) model was the Goodness of fit found that χ² = 7.572, df = 9, P = .578. RMSEA (root mean squared error of approximate) = 0.002, CFI = 0.99, TLI = 0.99, SRMR = 0.023, CD (coefficient of determination) = .916.

The latest multi domain RRST (30 components) was the Goodness of fit test; χ² = 7.572, df = 9, P = .578, RMSEA = 0.002, CFI = 0.99, TLI = 0.99, SRMR = 0.023, and CD = 0.916, therefore the factor influencing hospital readmion of the stroke elderly as Figure 2 as follows:

The tool quality of prediction: The multi-domain RRST model had a cutoff point of the best predictor: ADL factor; ranged = 0-20, 25-90, and 95-100 scored: = high risk, moderate risk, and low-risk of stroke elderly readmission, respectively. Hence the researcher and user nurses followed the patients after discharge home, found that; the first time visited the stroke clinic; 2.7% of patients in the high-risk group (the ADL scored ≤ 20) were hospital readmitted in 28 days all, the second times of follow-up in 45 days; 6.16% of patients in the middle high-risk group( ADL scored = 20-25) had unplanned readmission in 6 weeks all.Therefore, the positive predictive value quality of the RRST in 28 days = 1, Negative Predictive Value = 0% Confidence Interval ( 95% CI = 1.00-1.00), In 45 days Negative Predictive Value = 92.5% (95% CI) = .883-.968.

The practicability of the new RRST found that 53.3% of the users’ nurses like to use the tools. The new RRST screening quality to be classified into 4 themes (1) usefulness, (2) fast and easy to use, (3) practical of the tools, and (4) total satisfaction of the tools. The overall general thought and feeling were that the tools could detect the Stroke elderly readmission. Moreover, 36.7% of them identified that the screening checklist was easy to understand, clear, and comprehensive in practicality, 43.3% presented that the RRST could help decrease working of hospital readmission rate of the stroke elderly; however, half of them commented to reviews the new RRST be shorter and quicker, including difficult to use because of the increased workload. Some user nurses identified that:

“Very satisfied; its useful, and easy to use” (H₁N_{1, 2, 3, 5}, H₂ N₈, ₁₀, ₁₂, H_{2 N 18}, ₁₉, ₂₀, ₂₃, ₂₅, ₂₆, ₂₇, ₂₈, ₂₉, and H₂N₃₀).

They favor using the tools. The overall general feeling was that

“The tools should be used to prevent in-practice nursing from detecting readmission of older adults with Stroke.”

“It covers many aspects and updates new knowledge” (H₁ N₆, ₇, & H₂ N₁₁)

However, 6 people identified “Moderate satisfaction” (N₁₃, ₁₅, H₂N₁₆, N₂₁, ₂₂, ₂₄),

4 of them said, “Quite a lot of tool details and take much time to do” (H₂N₉, H1N₁₄, ₁₇).

“It takes a long time because there are many questions” (H₁N₄, H₁N₁₄)

The overall user nurse’s satisfaction was in the high middle level (X– = 8.78, SD = 0.552).

Discussion

The selected first stroke elderly subjects were representative, covering the mild,moderate-severity, and a high-risk cohort of the elderly with the first-time stroke; 73.3, 18.0, and 6.7%.³⁰ New multi- domains RRST was designed from multiple perspectives to enhance this screening tool development quality. The solid empirical support from the systematic reviews shown; systematically developed statements informed of hard and soft evidence are trusted on the benefits and harms of stroke patient’s condition before discharge, multiple risks to be gathered from the previous stroke population; however, readmission models for the ischemic stroke in older adult populations, especially in Asian population based on administrative data, clinical data, or both generally performed inadequately.^13,30 However; The systematic reviews had some limitations; hence, the data were not granular enough to allow for a systematic review compared to the other studies, even in the same design. Data were unavailable for several countries. Hospital-based studies are prone to selection bias, with a significant flaw in their representativeness; Therefore, experts’ consensus confirmed that the clustering structure and components of the first draft of the RRST are necessary, especially in potential risks hospital’s repeated admission. That is the best reconstructive technique for Tool development.^29-31

The quality of the tool in content validity and reliability as a primary role in developing any new instrument by assessing the degree to which the instrument measures the targeted construct. The expert opinions come across a high correlation in IOC = .93 in accepted quality of IOC.³² The best sensitivity (95% confidence interval = ≥.90) of this new RRST was achieved; a comprehensive quality assessment tool for screening a broad range is a practical tool approved by the user.^32,33

Reliability or coefficients Cornbrash’s alpha of the RRST as internal consistency each factor had the α coefficient of more than .7 passed the criteria, except the TRST had been improved before used,^34,35 Probably of the scored might not represent the actual action/activities or congruent meaning with the stroke patient’s action; besides this, the scale narrowly ratings ranged from 1 to 2. In actual screening, the result prediction correctly indicated the gap of post-care readiness at home would be avoided or prepared further. The user nurses satisfied the new RRST is sufficiently flexible to be applied in the stroke clinic in holistic domains beyond one purely dimension tool measured ever used before,

However, the current study sufficiency reflected that 4 domains influencing stroke readmission in 28 days, primarily the ADL domain, the high scored level (0-20) contribute to clustering variance of RRST = 79.187%. This result is consistent with previous factor analysis studies.^36,37 Moreover, IADL, HRB, and TRST tool these domains are considered as new stroke markers in a clinical stroke screening on the other studies.³⁸ It is consistent with the Asian population study on stroke readmission; Several factors are essential for the risk of 30-day readmissions,^12,13 including proxy markers of hospitalization severity³⁰; the factors analyzed in the current study showed the determining variance in the new RRST = 71.613%.

ADL domain is the highest value of factor influencing the new RRST; However, significant body organ functions should be recorded, explicitly focusing on each specific malfunction of eyes, ears, arms, and balance movement are sufficiency condition among elderly. Moreover, sleep apnea³⁶ dysphagia as a biomarker of deficit ADL³⁹ and appropriate exercise activities in everyday life requires conscious assessment.³⁸ Previously studies found that a critical condition needs to be solved or take special care at home, referral system to have a home visit case by case are necessary.⁴⁰

The effectiveness of the newest RRST from sensitivity, specificity, and predictivity in 28 days = 100% correctly prediction typically has advantages such as placing fewer demands on health resources; being more accessible, less invasive, less expensive, and less physically and psychologically discomforting for elderly clients. Moreover, the screening resulted from feedback or counseling on the patient’s discharge plan for taking self-care at home. This study’s limitation; the new RRST did not integrate any clinical lab documents. Moreover, the cutoff point scored as an accurate predictor would be verified by extending the sample size in various Asien populations and settings. A detailed history of medication did not include in this study. The possibility of selection bias cannot be excluded from the inclusion criteria of a one-group study.

Conclusion and Suggestion

The new multi-domain RRST extends understanding to a comprehensive screening tool and tool quality assessment. The ADL domain combined with other domains, accuracy increasing 100% detection virtually in a high-risk older adult with the first stroke; base on the Intra, Inter, and External factors,⁴¹ influencing their hospital readmission in 28 days, might impact the patient’s recovery time frame management at home. A new knowledge resource for sharing would be applied for clinical screening by user nurses with better quality improvement of the stroke elderly in today’s healthcare property. More extensive studies, drive into follow-up 45 to 90 days, are still needed to investigate whether our findings could be applied to others in the Asian population.