Disability and Recovery After Hospitalization for Medical Illness Among Community-Living Older Persons: A Prospective Cohort Study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To determine for each basic, instrumental, and mobility activity after hospitalization for acute medical illness: (1) disability prevalence immediately before and monthly for 6 months after hospitalization; (2) disability incidence 1 month after hospitalization; and (3) recovery time from incident disability during months 2 to 6 after hospitalization.

Design

Prospective cohort study.

Setting

New Haven, Connecticut.

Participants

A total of 515 community-living persons, mean age 82.7 years, hospitalized for acute noncritical medical illness and alive within 1 month of hospital discharge.

Measurements

Disability was defined monthly for each basic (bathing, dressing, walking, transferring), instrumental (shopping, housework, meal preparation, taki

SUBMITTER: Dharmarajan K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7735402 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature