dc.contributor.author | Helvik, Anne-Sofie | |
dc.contributor.author | Engedal, Knut Arne | |
dc.contributor.author | Selbæk, Geir | |
dc.coverage.spatial | Norway | nb_NO |
dc.date.accessioned | 2019-12-11T12:32:15Z | |
dc.date.available | 2019-12-11T12:32:15Z | |
dc.date.created | 2013-06-19T14:49:30Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2013 | |
dc.identifier.citation | BMC Geriatrics. 2013, 13. doi: 10.1186/1471-2318-13-17. | nb_NO |
dc.identifier.issn | 1471-2318 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/11250/2632743 | |
dc.description.abstract | Abstract
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.iso | eng | nb_NO |
dc.relation.uri | http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2318/13/17 | |
dc.rights | Navngivelse 4.0 Internasjonal | * |
dc.rights.uri | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/deed.no | * |
dc.title | Three-year mortality in previously hospitalized older patients from rural areas - the importance of co-morbidity and self-reported poor health | nb_NO |
dc.type | Journal article | nb_NO |
dc.type | Peer reviewed | nb_NO |
dc.description.version | publishedVersion | nb_NO |
dc.rights.holder | This 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.pagenumber | 9 | nb_NO |
dc.source.volume | 13 | nb_NO |
dc.source.journal | BMC Geriatrics | nb_NO |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1186/1471-2318-13-17 | |
dc.identifier.cristin | 1035353 | |
cristin.unitcode | 1991,10,0,0 | |
cristin.unitcode | 1991,9,0,0 | |
cristin.unitname | Div Tynset | |
cristin.unitname | Div Psykisk helsevern | |
cristin.ispublished | true | |
cristin.fulltext | original | |
cristin.qualitycode | 1 | |