Increasing Prevalence of Frailty and Its Association with Readmission and Mortality Among Hospitalized Patients with IBD.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Although age is often used as a clinical risk stratification tool, recent data have suggested that adverse outcomes are driven by frailty rather than chronological age.

Aims

In this nationwide cohort study, we assessed the prevalence of frailty, and factors associated with 30-day readmission and mortality among hospitalized IBD patients.

Methods

Using the Nationwide Readmission Database, we examined all patients with IBD hospitalized from 2010 to 2014. Based on index admission, we defined IBD and frailty using previously validated ICD codes. We used univariable and multivariable regression to assess risk factors associated with all-cause 30-day readmission and 30-day readmission mortality.

Results

From 2010 to 2014, 1,405,529 IBD index admissions wer

SUBMITTER: Faye AS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8493658 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature