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March 21, 2026Geriatrics and gerontology international/Geriatrics & gerontology international3 citationsOpen Access

Pneumonia Risk in Institutionalized Older Adults With Severe Functional Dependency: An Exploratory Analysis Using Standardized Long‐Term Care Assessment Data

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YOYuichi OhteruTKTomoyuki KakugawaKMKeita Murakawa

Key Points

  • Identify risk factors associated with pneumonia in institutionalized older adults with severe functional dependency.
  • Analyzed standardized long-term care assessment data.
  • Examined associations with sex, serum albumin level, cognitive ability, and weight loss.
  • Focused on a population of older adults in institutional care settings.
  • Male sex correlated with higher pneumonia risk.
  • Lower serum albumin levels were linked to increased risk of pneumonia.
  • Impaired cognitive ability and recent weight loss also associated with higher pneumonia risk.

Abstract

Male sex, lower serum albumin level, impaired cognitive ability for daily decision-making, and recent weight loss were associated with an increased risk of pneumonia. Information routinely available in standardized long-term care assessments may support the identification of individuals at increased risk of pneumonia in resource-limited long-term care settings where comprehensive geriatric assessments are not feasible.

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Ohteru et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69be37dd6e48c4981c677d1ahttps://doi.org/10.1111/ggi.70452
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