Key result
Frailty markers including pressure sores (OR 2.05; 95% CI 1.0-3.9) and poor overall condition (OR 2.01; 95% CI 1.3-3.0) were significant predictors of 30-day unplanned readmission among elderly medical inpatients.
Population
1,000 analyzed medical inpatients, aged 75 and older, admitted to medical wards through emergency…
Design
Cohort
Follow-up
30 days after discharge
Authors
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Supports frailty screening for readmission risk in elderly inpatients; hypothesis-generating for interventional trials.
Cohort (n=1,306)
Yes
Odds Ratio: 2.05 (95% CI 1–3.9)
Markers of frailty and severe disability, rather than comorbidity burden, are the strongest predictors of 30-day unplanned hospital readmission in elderly medical inpatients.
Lanièce et al. (2008) conducted a cohort in Elderly medical inpatients (n=1,306). Frailty markers (e.g., pressure sores, poor overall condition) vs. Absence of frailty markers was evaluated on Early unplanned re-hospitalisation (first unplanned readmission in the 30 days after discharge) (OR 2.05, 95% CI 1.0-3.9). Frailty markers including pressure sores (OR 2.05; 95% CI 1.0-3.9) and poor overall condition (OR 2.01; 95% CI 1.3-3.0) were significant predictors of 30-day unplanned readmission among elderly medical inpatients.
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