https://doi.org/10.4081/monaldi.2023.2732

The ability of the Rehabilitation Complexity Scale (RCS) to capture disability in respiratory patients admitted for in-hospital rehabilitation

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Submitted: July 26, 2023
Accepted: November 6, 2023
Published: November 21, 2023
rehabilitation, respiratory disability, COPD, outcomes, chronic respiratory failure
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The Rehabilitation Complexity Scale for respiratory patients Italian network
michele.vitacca@icsmaugeri.it

The aim of this pilot retrospective study was to test the Rehabilitation complexity scale (RCS-E v13) in patients from 15 Italian pulmonary rehabilitation (PR) units and correlate RCS-E v13 to the most used clinical and functional outcome measures. At admission and discharge, clinical data [comorbidities with the Cumulative Illness Rating Scale (CIRS)], Barthel Index (BI), Barthel Index dyspnea (BI-d), COPD Assessment Test (CAT), and six-minute walking test (6MWT) were collected, and RCS-E total score calculated. Two-hundred nineteen patients [30.6% COPD, 43.4% chronic respiratory failure (CRF), and 26% with invasive ventilation (IV)], aged 69.9 (11.2) years were considered. RCS-E at admission 8.63 (1.69), 11.06 (2.50), 16.56 (2.97) and discharge 0.84 (1.02), 2.19 (1.5), 7.09 (1.47)] for COPD, CRF and IV respectively were statistically differed among groups (ANOVA p = <0.0001). RCS-E v13 total score strongly negatively correlated with 6MWT [(rho= -0.7305 (-07883; -0.6598)] and BI [(rho= - 0.6989 ( -0.7626; - 0.6217)]) while weakly with CAT [(rho = 0.2939 (0.1601; 0.4170)] and BI-d [(rho = 0.3512 (0.2243; 0.4663)]. Change in RCS-E v13 total score [(mean change of -8.70 (95% IC -9.00; -8.40)] )  as in all single RCS-E v13 items [care -0.59 (95%IC -0.69, -0.48); risk -0.56 (95%IC -0.78;-0.46); nursing needs -2.11 (95%IC -2.22;-2.01); medical needs -2.29 (95%IC -2.39;-2.18); therapy disciplines -1.45 (95%IC -1.57; -1.33); therapy intensity -2.00 (95%IC -2.07; -1,93); equipment -0.23( 95%IC -0.30; -0.16)] was found significant after PR. The RCS-E v13 application for patients with respiratory diseases is feasible and highlights a huge difference among different conditions. Its application seems to present an important care burden and relation with motor disability and effort tolerance but a lower relation with dyspnea during activities of daily living, comorbidities, and disease impact. A more robust sample and prospective analysis on the usefulness of the RSC-E v13 in patients with respiratory diseases during rehabilitation are welcomed.

 

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  1. Michele Vitacca, MD, FERS ICS Maugeri IRCCS, Respiratory rehabilitation of the Institute of Lumezzane, Brescia, Italy
  2. Luca Bianchi, MD Fondazione Don Carlo Gnocchi ONLUS, “Centro Spalenza”, Respiratory rehabilitation, Rovato, Brescia, Italy
  3. Piero Ceriana, MD ICS Maugeri IRCCS, Respiratory rehabilitation of the Institute of Pavia, Italy
  4. Francesco Gigliotti, MD Fondazione Don Carlo Gnocchi ONLUS, IRCCS "Don Carlo Gnocchi", Respiratory rehabilitation Firenze, Italy
  5. Rodolfo Murgia, MD ICS Maugeri IRCCS, Respiratory rehabilitation of the Institute of Montescano, Pavia, Italy
  6. Alessia Fumagalli, MD Istituto nazionale Riposo e Cura per Anziani di Casatenovo, Respiratory rehabilitation, Casatenovo, Lecco, Italy
  7. Antonio Spanevello, MD ICS Maugeri IRCCS, Respiratory rehabilitation of the Institute of Tradate, Varese, Italy
  8. Giuseppe La Piana, MD Ospedale "Santa Marta" di Rivolta d'Adda, Respiratory rehabilitation Rivolta d'Adda, Cremona, Italy
  9. Bruno Balbi, MD ICS Maugeri IRCCS, Respiratory rehabilitation of the Institute of Veruno Veruno, Novara, Italy
  10. Sara Forlani, MD, Presidio Ospedaliero di Sant'Angelo Lodigiano, Respiratory rehabilitation Sant'Angelo Lodigiano, Lodi, Italy
  11. Maria Aliani, MD ICS Maugeri IRCCS, Respiratory rehabilitation of the Institute of Bari, Italy
  12. Gianfranco Beghi, MD Ospedale Villa Pineta, Respiratory rehabilitation, Pavullo nel Frignano, Modena, Italy
  13. Mauro Maniscalco, MD ICS Maugeri IRCCS, Respiratory Rehabilitation of the Institute of Telese, Benevento, Italy
  14. Giuseppe Fiorentino, MD Ospedale Monaldi, Azienda Ospedaliera Specialistica dei Colli, Respiratory rehabilitation, Napoli, Italy
  15. Paolo Banfi, MD Fondazione Don Carlo Gnocchi ONLUS, IRCCS “Centro S. Maria Nascente”, Respiratory rehabilitation, Milano, Italy

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The study was approved by the Institutional Review Board of Istituti Clinici Scientifici Maugeri IRCCS (2713 EC, 16th December 2022).

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Ministry of Health, Italy

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Italian network, The Rehabilitation Complexity Scale for respiratory patients. 2023. “The Ability of the Rehabilitation Complexity Scale (RCS) to Capture Disability in Respiratory Patients Admitted for in-Hospital Rehabilitation”. Monaldi Archives for Chest Disease, November. https://doi.org/10.4081/monaldi.2023.2732.
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