Functional Effects of Intervening Illnesses and Injuries After Critical Illness in Older Persons.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Intervening illnesses and injuries have pronounced deleterious effects on functional status in older persons, but have not been carefully evaluated after critical illness. We set out to evaluate the functional effects of intervening illnesses and injuries in the year after critical illness.

Design

Prospective longitudinal study of 754 nondisabled community-living persons, 70 years old or older.

Setting

Greater New Haven, CT, from March 1998 to December 2018.

Patients

The analytic sample included 250 ICU admissions from 209 community-living participants who were discharged from the hospital.

Interventions

None.

Measurements and main results

Functional status (13 activities) and exposure to intervening illnesses and injuries leading to ho

SUBMITTER: Gill TM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8140984 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature