A Systematic Review of the Probability of Repeated Admission Score in Community‐Dwelling Adults. Issue 3 (15th March 2013)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Wallace, Emma; Hinchey, Tim; Dimitrov, Borislav D.; Bennett, Kathleen; Fahey, Tom; Smith, Susan M.
• Is Part Of: Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. Volume 61:Issue 3(2013:Mar.)
• Page Start: 357
• Page End: 364
• Publication Date: 2013-03-15
• Subjects: Geriatrics -- Periodicals; 618.97
• DOI: 10.1111/jgs.12150
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0002-8614

Abstract

<abstract abstract-type="main" xml:lang="en" id="jgs12150-abs-0001"> <title> <x xml:space="preserve">Abstract</x> </title> <sec id="jgs12150-sec-0001" sec-type="section"> <title>Objectives</title> <p>To perform a systematic review of the Probability of Repeated Admission (Pra) score in community‐dwelling adults to assess its performance in a range of validation studies in the community setting.</p> </sec> <sec id="jgs12150-sec-0002" sec-type="section"> <title>Design</title> <p>Systematic review and meta‐analysis.</p> </sec> <sec id="jgs12150-sec-0003" sec-type="section"> <title>Setting</title> <p>Primary and community care.</p> </sec> <sec id="jgs12150-sec-0004" sec-type="section"> <title>Participants</title> <p>Community‐dwelling older people.</p> </sec> <sec id="jgs12150-sec-0005" sec-type="section"> <title>Measurements</title> <p>The primary outcome was hospital admission; secondary outcomes were mortality, hospital days, functional decline, other health service use, and costs.</p> </sec> <sec id="jgs12150-sec-0006" sec-type="section"> <title>Results</title> <p>Nine validation studies describing 11 cohorts of individuals aged 65 and older were identified. A meta‐analysis of the Pra score in five cohorts (8, 843 individuals) with comparable and available data revealed good discrimination performance (summary area under the receiver operating characteristic curve 69.7% (standard error 2.8%)). Pooled specificity was high (96%, 95% confidence interval (CI)=95.8–96.7%), indicating that a Pra score of 0.5 or greater effectively rules in the likelihood of admission, but pooled sensitivity was low (12%, 95% CI=10.5–13.6%). Calibration performance was good, with an overall risk ratio of 1.12 (95% CI=0.89–1.42), indicating that the Pra score reliably predicted hospital admissions.</p> </sec> <sec id="jgs12150-sec-0007" sec-type="section"> <title>Conclusion</title> <p>The Pra score performs well in predicting hospital admission in community‐dwelling adults categorized as high risk according to the score. This tool has clinical and healthcare policy utility in terms of targeting elderly people at highest risk of hospital admission, but the low pooled sensitivity of the score indicates that it is not a reliable way of excluding hospital admission in those stratified as low risk.</p> </sec> </abstract>