Outcomes of patients with COVID‐19 after inpatient rehabilitation

Background Rehabilitation outcomes of patients with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID‐19) are unknown. Objective To describe patients with COVID‐19 who are undergoing inpatient rehabilitation and their rehabilitation outcomes. Design Retrospective observational cohort study of all inpatients from a rehabilitation hospital between March 1 and September 30, 2020. Setting Inpatient rehabilitation hospital. Patients Among all inpatients, inclusion criteria are: ≥18 years of age and admission and discharge within the study time frame. The initial search yielded 920 patients; 896 met the inclusion criteria. Subjects were stratified by COVID‐19 status and rehabilitation impairment. Main Outcome Measures Data included age, gender, body mass index (BMI), length of stay (LOS), discharge location, and functional ability in self‐care and mobility (FA‐SC, FA‐Mob). One‐sample t‐tests were used to assess the difference of age, BMI, LOS, FA‐SC, FA‐Mob, and FA efficiency between COVID‐19+ and COVID‐19− patients. Results COVID‐19+ patients were younger (59.4 years vs 62.9 years; t[894] = −2.05, p = .04) with a higher mean BMI (32 vs 28; t[894] = 3.51, p