Development and Validation of a Prognostic Index for 1-Year Mortality in Older Adults After Hospitalization
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Researchers have identified six factors that can predict one-year mortality rates in older patients who develop an illness that requires hospitalization. The factors are male sex, disability, congestive heart failure, cancer, elevated creatinine levels, and low albumin levels.
Publication Name: JAMA, The Journal of the American Medical Association
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0098-7484
Year: 2001
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Relation between symptoms of depression and health status outcomes in acutely ill hospitalized older persons
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Elderly hospital patients who are depressed may experience more severe health problems after discharge and have a poor quality of life. Researchers followed 572 hospitalized patients older than 70 for up to 90 days after discharge. Patients who had 6 or more symptoms of depression during their hospitalization were more than 3 times more likely to require help with activities of daily living after discharge compared to those with 2 or fewer symptoms. This was true even after adjusting for demographic characteristics and severity of the illness for which they were hospitalized.
Publication Name: Annals of Internal Medicine
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0003-4819
Year: 1997
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Depressive Symptoms and 3-Year Mortality in Older Hospitalized Medical Patients
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Depressed elderly people may have a greater burden of disease and appear more likely to die than non-depressed elderly people. Researcher compared 573 patients over age 70. Depressed patients had more diseases, had less independent function, and more mental impairment that non-depressed patients. Within three years, 56% of depressed patients and 40% of non-depressed patients had died.
Publication Name: Annals of Internal Medicine
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0003-4819
Year: 1999
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