Socio-environmental predictive factors for discharge destination after inpatient rehabilitation in patients with stroke: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Living at home and benefiting from social support, including living with others, are important factors to consider during discharge planning after stroke. Further research should consider the impact of socioeconomic status.IMPLICATIONS FOR REHABILITATIONEvaluating the social and environmental factors of patients with stroke plays an important role in discharge planning.Next to functional status, caregiver availability (support at home) is among the strongest predictive factors for discharge home.To assess caregiver availability, the presence of a willing and able caregiver should be surveyed at admission.Further predictive factors for discharge home are cohabitation and marital status.