Falls Predict Acute Hospitalization in Parkinson's Disease.

ABSTRACT:

Background

There is a need for identifying risk factors for hospitalization in Parkinson's disease (PD) and also interventions to reduce acute hospital admission.

Objective

To analyze the frequency, causes, and predictors of acute hospitalization (AH) in PD patients from a Spanish cohort.

Methods

PD patients recruited from 35 centers of Spain from the COPPADIS-2015 (COhort of Patients with PArkinson's DIsease in Spain, 2015) cohort from January 2016 to November 2017, were included in the study. In order to identify predictors of AH, Kaplan-Meier estimates of factors considered as potential predictors were obtained and Cox regression performed on time to hospital encounter 1-year after the baseline visit.

Results

Thirty-five out of 605 (5.8%) PD patients (62.5±8

SUBMITTER: Santos Garcia D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9912731 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature