Multimorbidity and associated outcomes among older adult inpatients with neurological disorders
| Autor: | Aroldo BACELLAR, Telma ASSIS, Bruno Bacellar PEDREIRA, Luan CÔRTES, Silas SANTANA, Osvaldo José Moreira do NASCIMENTO |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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| Zdroj: | Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria, Vol 79, Iss 1, Pp 30-37 (2021) |
| Druh dokumentu: | article |
| ISSN: | 1678-4227 0004-282x |
| DOI: | 10.1590/0004-282x-anp-2020-0091 |
| Popis: | ABSTRACT Background: Multimorbidity is common among adults and associated with socioeconomic deprivation, polypharmacy, poor quality of life, functional impairment, and mortality. Objectives: To identify the frequency of multimorbidity among older adults inpatients with neurological disorders (NDs), stratify clusters of chronic comorbidities associated with NDs in degrees, and verify whether multimorbidity was associated with demographic data, readmission, long length of hospital stay (LOS), and hospital mortality in this population. Methods: We enrolled patients aged ≥60 years successively admitted to a tertiary medical center with NDs between January 1, 2009, and December 31, 2010. Results: Overall, 1,154 NDs and 2,679 comorbidities were identified among 798 inpatients aged ≥60 years (mean: 75.76±9.12). Women comprised 435 (54.51%) of patients. Multimorbidity was detected in 92.61% (739) of patients, with a mean of 3.88±1.67 (median: 4.0), ranging from 2 to 10 chronic diseases. Patients with epilepsy, dementia, and movement disorders had the highest degrees of clusters of chronic morbidities (>50% of them with ≥5 chronic disorders), followed by those with cerebrovascular and neuromuscular disorders. Multimorbidity was associated with long LOS (p |
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