Devika Nair, Jonathan S Schildcrout, Yaping Shi, Ricardo Trochez, Sam Nwosu, Susan P Bell, Amanda S Mixon, Sarah A Welch, Kathryn Goggins, Justin M Bachmann, Eduard E Vasilevskis, Kerri L Cavanaugh, Russell L Rothman, Sunil B Kripalani
BACKGROUND: Adults hospitalized for cardiovascular events are at high risk for postdischarge mortality. Screening of psychosocial risk is prioritized by the Joint Commission. We tested whether key patient-reported psychosocial and behavioral measures could predict posthospitalization mortality in a cohort of adults hospitalized for a cardiovascular event. METHODS: We conducted a prospective cohort study to test the prognostic utility of validated patient-reported measures, including health literacy, social support, health behaviors and disease management, and socioeconomic status...
April 1, 2024: Journal of Hospital Medicine: An Official Publication of the Society of Hospital Medicine