Influencing factors of elderly hospitalized psychiatric patients complicated with physical disease: a cross-sectional study of 332 patients in Guangzhou China.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To investigate the influencing factors of the number of physical diseases in elderly hospitalized psychiatric patients.

Methods

A total of 332 hospitalized elderly patients with mental illness were enrolled in this study. The number of combined physical diseases was divided into three groups, which were 0, 1 ~ 2, and ≥ 3. Data collected included sociodemographic characteristics, depressive symptoms, anxiety symptoms, delirium status, social support, medication adherence, social functioning, ability to perform daily living, and swallowing function.

Results

The sample included 64.2% of female patients, mainly concentrated in 60 ~ 69 years old (48.2%). The length of hospital stay of patients was mainly 15 ~ 30 days (55.7%), and the course of disease was mainly

SUBMITTER: Ye J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11674071 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature