Higher incidence of adverse events in isolated patients compared with non-isolated patients: a cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To determine whether isolated patients admitted to hospital have a higher incidence of adverse events (AEs), to identify their nature, impact and preventability.

Design

Prospective cohort study with isolated and non-isolated patients.

Setting

One public university hospital in the Valencian Community (southeast Spain).

Participants

We consecutively collected 400 patients, 200 isolated and 200 non-isolated, age ≥18 years old, to match according to date of entry, admission department, sex, age (±5 years) and disease severity from April 2017 to October 2018.

Exclusion criteria

patients age <18 years old and/or reverse isolation patients.

Primary and secondary outcome measures

The primary outcome as the AE, defined according to the National S

SUBMITTER: Jimenez-Pericas F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7592267 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature