Rehabilitation engagement is associated with lower level of care needs on discharge from postacute care in older adults with cognitive impairment.
Bibliographic record
Abstract
PURPOSE/OBJECTIVE: Older adults with cognitive impairment (CI) in postacute care (PAC) are at risk for an increased level of care (LOC) postdischarge. Rehabilitation engagement may impact the relationship between CI and increased LOC. RESEARCH METHOD/DESIGN: Ninety-two older veterans (> 50 years) were assessed by physical therapists or assistants with the Hopkins Rehabilitation Engagement Rating Scale (HRERS) while participating in Veterans Affairs PAC. Hierarchical logistic regression examined whether rehabilitation engagement predicted LOC while controlling for cognition as assessed with the Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA). We then examined whether rehabilitation engagement moderated the effect of cognition on LOC. RESULTS: Hierarchical logistic regression modeling revealed that the HRERS total score predicted LOC after controlling for MoCA scores. The interaction between MoCA and HRERS total score was nonsignificant. Item-level HRERS analyses revealed a significant interaction for CI (MoCA score < 22) and active participation (HRERS Item 5). Examination of the interaction indicated that among low scorers on active participation, CI increased the odds of requiring higher LOC, while the main effect of CI on LOC was nonsignificant among those who scored high on active participation. CONCLUSION/IMPLICATIONS: Higher rehabilitation engagement reduced the risk of requiring higher LOC at PAC discharge after controlling for cognitive functioning. Additionally, active participation may buffer against adverse outcomes for older adults with CI. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2026 APA, all rights reserved).
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Teacher imitationNot calibrated prevalence, not ground truth. Human validation pending. Learned from the 10,348 direct Codex labels and 10,348 direct Gemma labels. Candidate is the union of thresholded teacher heads; consensus is their intersection. These outputs are machine_predicted_unvalidated and are not human labels or direct frontier model labels.
Codex and Gemma teacher scores by category
| Category | Codex | Gemma |
|---|---|---|
| Metaresearch | 0.000 | 0.001 |
| Meta-epidemiology (narrow) | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Meta-epidemiology (broad) | 0.001 | 0.000 |
| Bibliometrics | 0.001 | 0.001 |
| Science and technology studies | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Scholarly communication | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Open science | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Research integrity | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Insufficient payload (model declined to judge) | 0.000 | 0.000 |
Machine scores (provisional)
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Baseline scores from an immature model (maturity gate not passed, 7 training rounds). Scores rank; they never assert a category.
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machine, unvalidatedMachine predicted; a candidate call from one teacher head, not a consensus.
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