O Teste da Ponte no Leito prediz retorno às atividades ocupacionais após seis meses da desospitalização: estudo longitudinal

Nara Batista de Souza; Gabriela Monteiro Vecchi; Luisa Teixeira Delgado; Thiago Martins Fernandes Paticcie; Larissa Guimarães Paiva; Túlio Medina Dutra de Oliveira; Cristino Carneiro Oliveira; Anderson  José; Carla Malaguti

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Nara Batista de Souza Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora (UFJF) – Juiz de Fora (MG), Brasil https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7221-1128
Gabriela Monteiro Vecchi Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora (UFJF) – Juiz de Fora (MG), Brasil https://orcid.org/0009-0006-8888-119X
Luisa Teixeira Delgado Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora (UFJF) – Juiz de Fora (MG), Brasil. https://orcid.org/0009-0009-4782-1846
Thiago Martins Fernandes Paticcie Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora (UFJF) – Juiz de Fora (MG), Brasil. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3683-3755
Larissa Guimarães Paiva Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora (UFJF) – Juiz de Fora (MG), Brasil. https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6517-7622
Túlio Medina Dutra de Oliveira Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora (UFJF) – Juiz de Fora,(MG) Brasil. https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1160-2456
Cristino Carneiro Oliveira Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora (UFJF) – Juiz de Fora,(MG) Brasil. https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6546-0225
Anderson José Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora (UFJF) – Governador Valadares (MG), Brasil. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3611-0098
Carla Malaguti Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora (UFJF) – Juiz de Fora (MG), Brasil. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6619-136X

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Disability Evaluation, Hospitalization, Exercise Test

Abstract

Introduction: The bed bridge test (BBT)
assesses the functional capacity of hospitalized patients.
Objective: to evaluate the efficiency of BBT in predicting
clinical and functional outcomes six months after hospital
discharge. Method: this observational longitudinal study
was conducted in two phases. Phase 1: BBT in five
and 10 repetitions (BBT5R and BBT10R) or for 30 and
60 seconds (BBT30s and BBT60s) during hospitalization.
Phase 2: six months after discharge, participants were
phoned and information on occupational return,
readmission, falls, walking, and death were obtained.
Results: of the 92 evaluated participants, 57 remained
in this study after six months. Of these, 28% returned to
work, 26% were readmitted, 7% reported falls, 5% were
unable to walk, and 3% had died. BBT30s and BBT60s
were related to the return to occupational activities
(r=0.28; r=0.37, respectively). In addition to performing BBT60s, factors such as the female sex and lower incidence
of comorbidities explained 40% of the returns to occupational
activities. Conclusion: we concluded that BBT60s can predict the
return to occupational activities after hospital discharge in the
medium term, possibly configuring an indicator to guide hospital
rehabilitation and facilitate the return to occupational activities

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