Elderly Patients With Cognitive Impairment Have a High Risk for Functional Decline During Hospitalization: The GIFA Study

Elderly Patients With Cognitive Impairment Have a High Risk for Functional Decline During Hospitalization: The GIFA Study

Background. We tested the hypothesis that cognitive impairment upon admission (CIA) and cognitive decline (CD) during hospitalization are associated with an increased risk for functional decline (FD) in older inpatients. Methods. The Italian Group of Pharmacoepidemiology in the Elderly (Gruppo Itali...

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Veröffentlicht in:The journals of gerontology. Series A, Biological sciences and medical sciences Biological sciences and medical sciences, 2005-12, Vol.60 (12), p.1576-1580
Hauptverfasser: Pedone, Claudio, Ercolani, Sara, Catani, Marco, Maggio, Dario, Ruggiero, Carmelinda, Quartesan, Roberto, Senin, Umberto, Mecocci, Patrizia, Cherubini, Antonio
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Sprache:eng
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Activities of Daily Living
Aged
Cognition & reasoning
Cognition Disorders - physiopathology
Disease Progression
Female
Hospitalization
Humans
Hypothesis testing
Male
Older people
Patient Admission
Risk Factors
Severity of Illness Index
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Zusammenfassung:Background. We tested the hypothesis that cognitive impairment upon admission (CIA) and cognitive decline (CD) during hospitalization are associated with an increased risk for functional decline (FD) in older inpatients. Methods. The Italian Group of Pharmacoepidemiology in the Elderly (Gruppo Italiano di Farmacoepidemiologia nell'Anziano, GIFA) project was a multicenter survey of 9061 older patients admitted to Italian hospitals between 1991 and 1997. CIA was defined as a Hodkinson Abbreviated Mental Test score
ISSN:1079-5006
1758-535X
DOI:10.1093/gerona/60.12.1576