Why the study?
With rapid population aging making multimorbidity a worldwide issue, this study evaluated the impact of demography, morbidity, disability, and depression on short-term and long-term mortality in multimorbid inpatients.
Population
201 inpatients from a hospitalist's ward
Comparison
Impact of demography, morbidity, disability, and depression
Design
Two-year prospective study
Follow-up
24 months
Authors
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Severe disability and depression were associated with higher mortality in multimorbid inpatients; leaves open whether targeting these improves survival.
In multimorbid inpatients, severe ADL dependence strongly predicts in-hospital mortality, whereas self-reported depression is a significant predictor of long-term (12- and 24-month) mortality.
Tseng et al. (2021) studied this question.