Research Questions • What are risk factors for unplanned hospital readmission after discharge of patients 65 years? • Are there any psychosocial variables that are related to unplanned hospital...

Research Questions • What are risk factors for unplanned hospital readmission after discharge of patients 65 years? • Are there any psychosocial variables that are related to unplanned hospital readmission patients 65 years? Here some information about “Methods of Recruitment participants in this study”: The outcome variable for this study was whether patients had been readmitted to a hospital within four weeks. The inclusion and exclusion criteria for the original study was: Inclusion criteria • Aged 65 years and over, • Admitted with a medical diagnosis, • Able to speak and understand English, • Have at least one of the following risk factors for readmissions: ⎫ Aged 75 years or older, ⎫ Hospital admission/s in the previous 6 months to this admission, ⎫ Multiple comorbidities (2 or more), ⎫ Lives alone, ⎫ Lacks social support, ⎫ Fair or poor self-rating of health, ⎫ Moderate to severe functional impairment, ⎫ History of depression. While patients were followed up for 24 weeks, this study will concentrate on the follow up data at four weeks. Exclusion criteria Patients who: • require home oxygen, • are dependent on a wheelchair or unable to walk independently for 3 meters (patients independently using walking aids are included), • Live in a nursing home (i.e. high dependency unit; patients living in independent hostel or retirement village accommodation are included),