Background
Materials and methods
Study design and population
Data collection
Assessment of 3Ds
Assessment of comorbidity and other geriatric problems
Assessment of functional status
Statistical analysis
Results
Subjects
Characteristics | N (%) |
---|---|
Sociodemographic | |
Age, years, Mean ± SD) | 81.8 ± 7.8 |
< 80 | 29 (19.5) |
81–90 | 64 (43.0) |
> 90 | 56 (37.5) |
Gender | |
Male | 62 (41.6) |
Female | 87 (54.4) |
Education < 9 years | 90 (60.4) |
Marital status | |
Married | 68 (46.3) |
Widowed | 77 (51.7) |
Others | 3 (2.0) |
Living | |
Living alone | 16 (10.7) |
Living with family | 131 (87.9) |
Others | 2 (4.7) |
Primary contact person | |
Self | 24 (16.1) |
Spouse | 21 (14.1) |
Children | 104 (69.8) |
Comorbidity | |
Hypertension | 117 (78.5) |
Diabetes mellitus | 59 (39.9) |
Stroke | 90 (60.8) |
CAD | 39 (26.4) |
COPD | 23 (15.5) |
Heart failure | 22 (14.9) |
Atrial fibrillation | 21 (14.2) |
Malignancy | 9 (6.2) |
Hip fracture | 20 (13.5) |
Parkinson’s disease | 29 (20.0) |
No. of comorbidities (Mean ± SD) | 4.08 ± 1.78 |
CCI score (Mean ± SD) | 4.10 ± 2.47 |
Geriatric problems | |
Fall incidence in the past year | 81 (54.7) |
Hearing impairment | 17 (11.5) |
Visual impairment | 43 (29.1) |
Geriatric condition | |
No. of medications (Mean ± SD) | 8.5 ± 4.1 |
Length of stay, days (Mean ± SD) | 13.8 ± 10.2 |
Comparison of functional status among the 3D’s patients
Variable | Maximum range | Actual range | T1 (n = 149) | T2 (n = 137) | T3 (n = 131) | T4 (n = 113) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Depression | ||||||
No | 0–100 | 0–90 | 50.9 ± 28.8 | 61.1 ± 31.1 | 61.9 ± 30.6 | 64.6 ± 30.4 |
Yes | 0–100 | 0–85 | 45.6 ± 26.0 | 60.0 ± 30.8 | 65.6 ± 30.3 | 63.4 ± 29.2 |
P value |
0.824
|
0.946
|
0.437
|
0.953
| ||
Dementia | ||||||
No | 0–100 | 0–70 | 55.2 ± 28.0 | 65.0 ± 31.1 | 67.5 ± 29.8 | 68.9 ± 29.5 |
Yes | 0–100 | 0–90 | 35.2 ± 23.6 | 49.8 ± 27.9 | 49.1 ± 28.4 | 52.2 ± 28.5 |
P value |
0.001
|
0.003
|
0.001
|
0.001
| ||
Delirium | ||||||
No | 0–100 | 0–80 | 62.6 ± 27.2 | 72.0 ± 27.8 | 74.8 ± 27.0 | 77.6 ± 25.4 |
Yes | 0–100 | 5–90 | 38.3 ± 24.1 | 50.9 ± 30.3 | 51.6 ± 29.3 | 52.4 ± 29.1 |
P value |
0.001
|
0.001
|
0.001
|
0.001
|
Variables | Model for Depression | Model for Dementia | Model for Delirium | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Beta | SE |
P-value
| Beta | SE | P-value | Beta | SE | P-value | |
Constant | 5.85 | 3.82 |
0.125
| 4.249 | 3.353 |
0.205
| 2.812 | 2.751 |
0.307
|
Time (T2-T1) | 0.014 | 0.028 |
0.622
| 0.018 | 0.023 |
0.444
| 0.020 | 0.021 |
0.346
|
Time (T3-T1) | 0.068 | 0.038 |
0.075
| 0.025 | 0.021 |
0.234
| 0.004 | 0.020 |
0.840
|
Time (T4-T1) | 0.032 | 0.031 |
0.303
| 0.021 | 0.024 |
0.337
| 0.021 | 0.022 |
0.342
|
Age | 0.043 | 0.045 |
0.334
| 0.019 | 0.040 |
0.639
| 0.030 | 0.033 |
0370
|
Gender | 0.688 | 0.688 |
0.303
| 0.379 | 0.572 |
0.508
| 0.012 | 0.515 |
0.981
|
Depression | – | – |
–
| 0.843 | 0.660 |
0.201
| 0.464 | 0.668 |
0.487
|
Dementia | 1.020 | 0.704 |
0.148
| – | – |
–
| 1.813 | 0.626 |
0.004
|
Delirium | 0.441 | 0.69 |
0.523
| 1.839 | 0.628 |
0.003
| – | – |
–
|