期刊論文
| 學年 | 99 |
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| 學期 | 1 |
| 出版（發表）日期 | 2010-09-01 |
| 作品名稱 | Shared Risk Factors for Distinct Geriatric Syndromes in Older Taiwanese Inpatients. |
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| 著者 | Cheryl Chia-Hui Chen; Yu-Tzu Dai; Chung-Jen Yen; Guan-Hua Huang; Charlotte Wang |
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| 著錄名稱、卷期、頁數 | Nursing Research 59(5), pp.340-347 |
| 摘要 | Background: Identifying shared common risk factors of geriatric syndromes is clinically useful in designing a unified approach to optimizing geriatric care. Objectives: The purpose of this study was to identify older Taiwanese inpatients' common shared risk factors among seven distinct geriatric syndromes: malnutrition, depression, cognitive impairment, functional dependence, incontinence, pressure ulcers, and dehydration. Method: A cross-sectional, hospital-wide survey was conducted to enroll inpatients (N = 455) older than 65 years and admitted to 24 medical and surgical units in a 2,200-bed urban academic medical center in northern Taiwan. Malnutrition was defined as a Mini-Nutritional Assessment score less than 17.5, depression was defined as a Geriatric Depression Scale score more than 10, cognitive impairment was considered a Mini-Mental State Examination score less than 20, and functional dependence was defined as a Barthel Index score less than 50. Incontinence, pressure ulcers, and dehydration were extracted from patients' medical records. Results: Participants had a mean age of 75.3 years (SD = 6.1 years, range = 65-92 years). The prevalence of geriatric syndromes ranged from 5% (pressure ulcers) to 33% (malnutrition). The selected geriatric syndromes were shown through logistic regression analysis to be predicted by female gender (odds ratio [OR] = 1.57-2.75), functional status (OR = 0.94-0.99), cognitive status (OR = 0.82-0.95), nutritional status (OR = 0.74-0.93), and depressive symptoms (OR = 1.07-1.26), supporting the notion of shared risk factors in geriatric syndromes. Conclusions: The findings support the theory that common geriatric syndromes have a shared set of risk factors-female gender, depressive symptoms, and functional, cognitive, and nutritional status. Revising care to target these shared risk factors in preventing common geriatric syndromes is theoretically sound. |
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| 語言 | en_US |
| ISSN | 0029-6562;1538-9847 |
| 期刊性質 | 國外 |
| 收錄於 | SCI |
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| 審稿制度 | 是 |
| 國別 | USA |
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| 出版型式 | ,電子版,紙本 |
| 相關連結 |
機構典藏連結 ( http://tkuir.lib.tku.edu.tw:8080/dspace/handle/987654321/108530 ) |