Development and internal validation of a new life expectancy estimator for multimorbid older adults.

ABSTRACT:

Background

As populations are aging, the number of older patients with multiple chronic diseases demanding complex care increases. Although clinical guidelines recommend care to be personalized accounting for life expectancy, there are no tools to estimate life expectancy among multimorbid patients. Our objective was therefore to develop and internally validate a life expectancy estimator specifically for older multimorbid adults.

Methods

We analyzed data from the OPERAM (OPtimising thERapy to prevent avoidable hospital admissions in multimorbid older people) study in Bern, Switzerland. Participants aged 70 years old or more with multimorbidity (3 or more chronic medical conditions) and polypharmacy (use of 5 drugs or more for > 30 days) were included. All-cause mortality wa

SUBMITTER: Gastens V 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11877760 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature