Association Between Socioeconomic Disadvantage and Decline in Function, Cognition, and Mental Health After Critical Illness Among Older Adults : A Cohort Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Older adults admitted to an intensive care unit (ICU) are at risk for developing impairments in function, cognition, and mental health. It is not known whether socioeconomically disadvantaged older persons are at greater risk for these impairments than their less vulnerable counterparts.

Objective

To evaluate the association between socioeconomic disadvantage and decline in function, cognition, and mental health among older survivors of an ICU hospitalization.

Design

Retrospective analysis of a longitudinal cohort study.

Setting

Community-dwelling older adults in the National Health and Aging Trends Study (NHATS).

Participants

Participants with ICU hospitalizations between 2011 and 2017.

Measurements

Socioeconomic disadvantage was asses

SUBMITTER: Jain S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9316386 | biostudies-literature | 2022 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature