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ArticleNursing open2022

The quality of life of older adults acutely admitted to the emergency department: A cross-sectional study.

Mette Elkjaer, Jette Primdahl, Christian B Mogensen, Mikkel Brabrand, Bibi Gram

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Article in Nursing open, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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2 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Effects of a Geriatric Emergency Department Multidisciplinary Intervention on Functional Status and Quality of Life: A Pre/Post Cohort Study.Academic emergency medicine : official journal of the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine · 2026
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5 · Who and what money

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5 authors.

Mette ElkjaerDepartment of Emergency Medicine, University Hospital of Southern Denmark, Aabenraa, Denmark.ORCID 0000-0002-8774-105X
Jette PrimdahlDepartment of Regional Health Research, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark.
Christian B MogensenDepartment of Emergency Medicine, University Hospital of Southern Denmark, Aabenraa, Denmark.
Mikkel BrabrandDepartment of Regional Health Research, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark.
Bibi GramDepartment of Regional Health Research, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

aimTo investigate perceptions of individual QoL among acutely admitted older adults and explore whether homecare and readmission were associated with QoL.

designA cross-sectional study at three Danish Emergency Departments.

methodsSemi-structured interviews, using the Schedule for the Evaluation of Individual Quality of Life - Direct Weighting (SEIQol-DW) (range 0-100) with patients ≥65 years, were conducted from August 2018 to July 2019. The differences between patients receiving homecare (yes/no) and readmission (yes/no) were tested using linear regression analyses with bootstrap procedures.

resultsOverall, we included 406 patients, of whom 38% received homecare. The mean SEIQoL-DW-score was 76 (SD = 19). The most important areas of individual QoL were Family, Social activities, Health, Everyday life and Leisure activities. Receiving homecare was associated to a significantly lower QoL score: -8 (SE = 2) and a significantly lower score in the categories Family and Health. There was no association between readmission and QoL.

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HospitalizationQuality of LifeAgedCross-Sectional StudiesEmergency Service, HospitalHumansemergency departmentshome careolder peoplereadmissionschedule for the evaluation of individual quality of life

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PMID35488717
PMCPMC9190686

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