Association between acute care and critical illness hospitalization and cognitive function in older adults.

ABSTRACT:

Context

Studies suggest that many survivors of critical illness experience long-term cognitive impairment but have not included premorbid measures of cognitive functioning and have not evaluated risk for dementia associated with critical illness.

Objectives

To determine whether decline in cognitive function was greater among older individuals who experienced acute care or critical illness hospitalizations relative to those not hospitalized and to determine whether the risk for incident dementia differed by these exposures.

Design, setting, and participants

Analysis of data from a prospective cohort study from 1994 through 2007 comprising 2929 individuals 65 years old and older without dementia at baseline residing in the community in the Seattle area and belonging to

SUBMITTER: Ehlenbach WJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2943865 | biostudies-literature | 2010 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature