Systematic Review of Hospital Readmissions in Stroke Patients

Table 4

Risk factors and their impact on all-cause, preventable, and cerebrovascular readmission rate.

Risk factors	Number of studies with positive association	Number of studies with negative association	Number of studies with no significant association
Patient-related factors
Age	8	1
Coronary heart disease	4
Female gender	4	3
Heart failure	4	1
Renal disease	4
Diabetes	3	1
Peripheral arterial disease	3
Respiratory disease	3
Atrial fibrillation	2	1
Cancer	2	1
Comorbidity score	2
Depression	2	1
Prior hospitalisations	2
Socioeconomic status	2
Alcohol misuse	1
Anaemia	1
C difficile infection	1
Dementia	1	2
Hypertension	1	3
Hypotension	1
Immobility	1
Marital status, married	1
Non-Caucasian ethnicity	1	1	1
Parkinson’s disease	1
Pressure ulcers	1
TIA	1
Valvular heart disease/prosthetic valves	1
Do not resuscitate order		1
Hypercholesterolemia			1
Obesity		1
Previous stroke		1
Rheumatic disorders		1
Smoking		1
Stroke-related factors
Length of stay	3
Feeding tube	1
Bowel incontinence	1
Urinary catheter	1
Bladder incontinence		1
Signs and symptoms score		1
Aphasia			1
Hemiparesis			1
Aspiration pneumonia			1
Hospital care related factors
District hospitals with critical care access	1		1
Treatment by neurologist	1	1
Discharge to nursing home		1	1
Specialised stroke centres			1
Inpatient rehabilitation facility		1	1
Use of ICU/HDU			2
Endarterectomy			1
Stenting			1
Gastrostomy			1
Intubation			1
Dialysis			1
Occupational therapy		1
Thrombolysis			2
Urgent scanning			1