Self-reported health and life satisfaction in older emergency department patients: sociodemographic, disease-related and care-specific associated factors.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Self-reported health (SRH) and life satisfaction (LS) are patient-reported outcomes (PROs) that independently predict mortality and morbidity in older adults. Emergency department (ED) visits due to serious health problems or accidents might pose critical life events for patients. This study aimed (a) to characterize older patients' SRH and LS during the distinct event of an ED stay, and (b) to analyze concomitant associations of PROs with ED patients' sociodemographic, disease-specific and care-related variables.

Methods

Study personnel recruited mostly older ED patients from three disease groups during a two-year period (2017-2019) in eight EDs in central Berlin, Germany, in the context of the health services research network EMANet. Cross-sectional data from th

SUBMITTER: Schneider A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8296655 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature