Activity of daily living upon admission is an independent predictor of in-hospital mortality in older patients with community-acquired pneumonia.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Older patients hospitalized with community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) are at high risk for short-term mortality. Activity of daily living (ADL) is associated with clinical outcomes in older patients. We aimed to investigate the prognostic value of ADL upon admission on the in-hospital mortality in older patients with CAP.

Methods

We conducted a retrospective cohort study involving patients aged ≥65 years admitted to Beijing Chao-Yang hospital due to CAP between June 2012 and June 2020. ADL evaluation upon admission was performed by Barthel Index (BI). Data from all patients were extracted from the electronic medical records.

Results

Four thousand eight hundred eighty patients were included, 131 patients (2.7%) died during their hospitalization. Median BI in t

SUBMITTER: Kang Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8017749 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature