Clinical and functional patient characteristics predict medical needs in older patients at risk of functional decline.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The rising number of older multimorbid in-patients has implications for medical care. There is a growing need for the identification of factors predicting the needs of older patients in hospital environments. Our aim was to evaluate the use of clinical and functional patient characteristics for the prediction of medical needs in older hospitalized patients.

Methods

Two hundred forty-two in-patients (57.4% male) aged 78.4 ± 6.4 years, who were consecutively admitted to internal medicine departments of the University Hospital Essen between July 2015 and February 2017, were prospectively enrolled. Patients were assessed upon admission using the Identification of Seniors at Risk (ISAR) screening followed by comprehensive geriatric assessment (CGA). The CGA included st

SUBMITTER: Scharf AC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7035632 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature