Approaching person-centered clinical practice: A cluster analysis of older inpatients utilizing the measurements of intrinsic capacity.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Maintaining the intrinsic capacity (IC) of older inpatients is a novel view in providing person-centered treatments in clinical practice. Uncertainty remains regarding the primary nature of IC among older hospitalized patients.

Objectives

We aimed to understand the status of IC among older inpatients by a cluster analysis based on IC measurements.

Methods

This is a cross-sectional study conducted in the geriatric department of Beijing Hospital in China. Older inpatients who were older than 60 years and who underwent comprehensive geriatric assessments were included. The inpatients were classified into subgroups based on 13 measurements of IC according to unsupervised methods (K-means cluster analysis and t-SNE). Subgroup differences were investigated for do

SUBMITTER: Wu W 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9692078 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature