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01.06.2019 | Brief Report
Functional decline, mortality and institutionalization after 18 months in multimorbid older persons living in the community: the FUNCIPLUR longitudinal study
Erschienen in: European Geriatric Medicine | Ausgabe 3/2019
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Aim
Our aim was to assess functional decline, mortality and institutionalization, in patients with multimorbidity aged 65 or more years over an 18-month follow-up period, and the factors associated with them.
Findings
The two main factors associated with loss of function, mortality and institutionalization at 18 months, coinciding with those observed for loss of function at 8 months, were age and above all having had some hospital admission during the period.
Messages
These findings are important as they indicate the relevance of hospital admissions in functional decline for this type of patients, being this condition and the subsequent increase in care needs potentially predictable/modifiable.
