Recovery of Activities of Daily Living in Older Adults After Hospitalization for Acute Medical Illness
Johns Hopkins University · Johns Hopkins Medicine · +4 more institutions
Abstract
To compare functional outcomes in the year after discharge for older adults discharged from the hospital after an acute medical illness with a new or additional disability in their basic self-care activities of daily living (ADL) (compared with preadmission baseline 2 weeks before admission) with those of older adults discharged with baseline ADL function and identify predictors of failure to recover to baseline function 1 year after discharge.
Observational.
Citation impact
- FWCI
- 6.45
- Percentile
- 100%
- References
- 57
Authors
8- CMCynthia M. BoydCorresponding
Johns Hopkins University, Johns Hopkins Medicine
- CSC. Seth Landefeld
San Francisco VA Medical Center, Johns Hopkins University, Indiana University – Purdue University Indianapolis
- SRSteven R. Counsell
San Francisco VA Medical Center, Johns Hopkins University, Indiana University – Purdue University Indianapolis
- RMRobert M. Palmer
San Francisco VA Medical Center, Johns Hopkins University, University of Pittsburgh, Indiana University – Purdue University Indianapolis
- RHRichard H. Fortinsky
San Francisco VA Medical Center, Johns Hopkins University, Indiana University – Purdue University Indianapolis
Topics & keywords
- Medicine
- Activities of daily living
- Observational study
- Physical therapy
- Baseline (sea)
- Dementia
- Disease
- Gerontology
- No poverty