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ArticleGeriatrics (Basel, Switzerland)2021

Functional Status among Polymedicated Geriatric Inpatients at Discharge: A Population-Based Hospital Register Analysis.

Filipa Pereira, Boris Wernli, Armin von Gunten, María Del Rio Carral, Maria Manuela Martins, Henk Verloo

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Article in Geriatrics (Basel, Switzerland), 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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4citing papers in PubMed
0.8field-weighted citation impact, top 29% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed, 7 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 5 institutions in 2 countries.

Filipa PereiraAbel Salazar Institute of Biomedical Sciences, University of Porto, 4050-313 Porto, Portugal.ORCID 0000-0001-9207-4856
Boris WernliSwiss Centre of Expertise in the Social Sciences (FORS), University of Lausanne, 1015 Lausanne, Switzerland.
Armin von GuntenService of Old Age Psychiatry, Lausanne University Hospital, 1011 Lausanne, Switzerland.
María Del Rio CarralResearch Center for Psychology of Health, Aging and Sport Examination, Institute of Psychology, University of Lausanne, 1015 Lausanne, Switzerland.
Maria Manuela MartinsNursID, CINTESIS, Higher School of Nursing of Porto, 4050-040 Porto, Portugal.
Henk VerlooSchool of Health Sciences, HES-SO Valais/Wallis, 1950 Sion, Switzerland.ORCID 0000-0002-5375-3255
University of Lausanne · CHCentre for Health Technology and Services Research · PTFORS – Swiss Centre of Expertise in the Social Sciences · CHHES-SO Valais-Wallis · CHUniversidade do Porto · PT

Funding

Swiss National Science Foundation 407440_183434/1
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This study explored and compared the functional status of polymedicated and non-polymedicated geriatric inpatients at hospital discharge. We used a cross-sectional registry of geriatric patients' hospital records from a multi-site public hospital center in Switzerland. The analysis included all inpatients aged 65 years old or more admitted between 1 January 2015 and 31 December 2017 (n = 53,690), of whom 67.5% were polymedicated at hospital discharge, 52.1% were women (n = 18,909), and 42.7% were 75-84 years old (n = 15,485). On average, the polymedicated patients' hospital lengths of stay were six days longer, they presented with more than three comorbidities, and they were prescribed more than nine medications at hospital discharge (

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cognitive disordersepidemiologyfunctional statushospital dischargehospital registerolder adultsphysical impairmentpolypharmacypopulation-based

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PMID34562987
PMCPMC8482227
OpenAlexW3196721687

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