Assessment tools and incidence of hospital-associated disability in older adults: a rapid systematic review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

During hospitalization older adults have a high risk of developing functional impairments unrelated to the reasons for their admission. This is termed hospital-associated disability (HAD). This systematic review aimed to assess the incidence of HAD in older adults admitted to acute care with two outcomes: firstly in at least one activity of daily living from a set of functional tasks (e.g., Katz Index) and secondly the incidence of functional decline in an individual functional task (e.g., bathing), and to identify any tools or functional tasks used to assess activities of daily living (ADL) in hospitalized older patients.

Methods

A rapid systematic review was performed according to the recommendations of the Cochrane Rapid Reviews Methods Group and

SUBMITTER: Giacomino K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10590575 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature