Objectives
This study was to provide supporting data to identify related factors of heart failure patients readmission.
Methods
This study is a retro-spective study of secondary data analysis using electronic medical record of patients who were discharged from advanced general hospital diagnosed with heart failure from April 2017 to March 2020.
Results
A total of 267 (14.4%) of 1,857 heart failure patients was readmitted. Age, initial body weight, body weight change, pulse rate, hospitalization for 6 months prior or emergency room visit, number of medications, blood sampling result, main diagnosis of ER, and ACEI/ARB medication were found to be significantly related to readmission. As a result of multivariate logistic regression analysis, each increase in the number of discharge medications, the readmission rate increased by 3.0% (OR=1.030, p<0.001). For each increase in Na level at admission and discharge, the readmission rate decreased by 5.4% (OR=0.946, p=0.021), 6.6% (OR=0.934, p=0.028). For each increase in the CRP level, the readmission rate decreased by 1.1% (OR=0.989, p=0.049) and AUC was 0.735.
Conclusions
Based on the high-risk factors of readmission for heart failure patients identified in this study, patients centered nursing interventions should be developed to promote self-care practices.