Physical Function and Disability After Acute Care and Critical Illness Hospitalizations in a Prospective Cohort of Older Adults.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To investigate associations between acute care and critical illness hospitalizations and performance on physical functional measures and activities of daily living (ADLs).

Design

Prospective cohort study.

Setting

Large health maintenance organization.

Participants

Two thousand nine hundred twenty-six participants in Adult Changes in Thought, a study of aging enrolling dementia-free individuals aged 65 and older not living in a nursing home from 1994 to September 30, 2008 (N = 2,926).

Measurements

The exposure of interest was hospitalization during study participation, subdivided by presence of critical illness. Outcomes included gait speed, grip strength, chair stand speed, and difficulty and dependence in performing ADLs measured at biennial

SUBMITTER: Ehlenbach WJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4822703 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature