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dc.contributor.authorHelvik, Anne-Sofie
dc.contributor.authorEngedal, Knut Arne
dc.contributor.authorSelbæk, Geir
dc.coverage.spatialNorwaynb_NO
dc.date.accessioned2019-12-11T12:32:15Z
dc.date.available2019-12-11T12:32:15Z
dc.date.created2013-06-19T14:49:30Z
dc.date.issued2013
dc.identifier.citationBMC Geriatrics. 2013, 13. doi: 10.1186/1471-2318-13-17.nb_NO
dc.identifier.issn1471-2318
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11250/2632743
dc.description.abstractAbstract BACKGROUND: The risk factors for mortality after hospitalization in older persons are not fully understood. The aim of the present study was to examine the three-year (1,096 days) mortality in previously hospitalized older patients from rural areas, and to explore how objectively and self-reported health indicators at baseline were associated with mortality. METHODS: The study included 484 (241 men) medical inpatients with age range 65-101 (mean 80.7, SD 7.4) years. Baseline information included the following health measures: the Charlson Index, the Mini-Mental-State Examination, Lawton and Brody's scales for physical self-maintenance and the instrumental activities of daily living, the Hospital Anxiety and Depression scale, self-reported health (one item), and perceived social functioning (one item) and assistance in living at discharge. RESULTS: In all, 172 (35.5%) of those patients included had died within the three years of the follow-up period. Three-year mortality was associated with a high score at baseline on the Charlson Index (HR 1.73, 95%CI 1.09-2.74) and poor self-reported health (HR 1.52, 95%CI 1.03-2.25) in a Cox regression analysis adjusted for age, gender, other objectively measured health indicators, and perceived impaired social functioning. CONCLUSION: In a study of older adults admitted to a general hospital for a wide variety of disorders, we found co-morbidity (as measured with the Charlson Index) and poor self-reported health associated with three-year mortality in analysis adjusting for age, gender, and other health-related indicators. The results suggest that self-reported health is a measure that should be included in future studies.nb_NO
dc.language.isoengnb_NO
dc.relation.urihttp://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2318/13/17
dc.rightsNavngivelse 4.0 Internasjonal*
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dc.titleThree-year mortality in previously hospitalized older patients from rural areas - the importance of co-morbidity and self-reported poor healthnb_NO
dc.typeJournal articlenb_NO
dc.typePeer reviewednb_NO
dc.description.versionpublishedVersionnb_NO
dc.rights.holderThis article is published under license to BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.nb_NO
dc.source.pagenumber9nb_NO
dc.source.volume13nb_NO
dc.source.journalBMC Geriatricsnb_NO
dc.identifier.doi10.1186/1471-2318-13-17
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