REDIN SCORE : AS A PREDICTOR OF REHOSPITALIZATION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER DISCHARGE IN CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE PATIENTS AT H. ADAM MALIK GENERAL HOSPITAL, MEDAN

Abstract

Introduction: Heart failure (HF) is a problem facing the world, more than 20 million suffer from it. HF is associated with high frequency of hospitalization and duration length of stay. Redin Scoring is simple tool for short- and long-term risk to assess the severity of HF. The first study conducted by Álvarez-García regarding the use of the Redin Score as a prediction of rehospitalization of HF patients had a C-statistic value of 0.72 for 1 month rehospitalization.

Objective: To determine the Redin score which can be used as a predictor of rehospitalization after 30 days in patients with congestive heart failure at RSUP Haji Adam Malik Medan.

Methods: This study is a cohort study with a consecutive sampling technique. The study was conducted on HF patients who came at HAM Hospital Medan starting March 2020 to September 2020.

Results: From 53 patients, 42.8% patients were high risk REDIN score who underwent rehospitalization after 30 days, while low risk REDIN score was 2% patients. There was significant correlation between REDIN score and incidence of rehospitalization after 30 days post-treatment (p=0.01).

Conclusion: The REDIN score is a simple tool for predicting rehospitalization within 1 month of post-admission in patients with HF