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ArticleDiagnostics (Basel, Switzerland)2023

Multiparametric Evaluation of Geriatric Patients Admitted to Intermediate Care: Impact on Geriatric Rehabilitation.

Giuseppe Murdaca, Sara Banchero, Marco Casciaro, Francesca Paladin, Michele Tafuro, Fiammetta Monacelli, Alessio Nencioni, Roberta Bruschetta, Giovanni Pioggia, Gennaro Tartarisco and 1 more

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Article in Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland), 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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0cells of the map it votes in
1citing papers in PubMed
0.4field-weighted citation impact, top 40% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed, 2 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Giuseppe MurdacaDepartment of Internal Medicine, University of Genoa, IRCCS Ospedale Policlinico San Martino, 16132 Genoa, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-6403-6905
Sara BancheroDepartment of Internal Medicine, University of Genoa, IRCCS Ospedale Policlinico San Martino, 16132 Genoa, Italy.
Marco CasciaroDepartment of Medical Sciences, University Hospital of Messina, 98125 Messina, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-5436-1501
Francesca PaladinIRCCS Ospedale Policlinico San Martino, 16132 Genoa, Italy.
Michele TafuroIRCCS Ospedale Policlinico San Martino, 16132 Genoa, Italy.
Fiammetta MonacelliIRCCS Ospedale Policlinico San Martino, 16132 Genoa, Italy.
Alessio NencioniIRCCS Ospedale Policlinico San Martino, 16132 Genoa, Italy.
Roberta BruschettaInstitute for Biomedical Research and Innovation (IRIB), National Research Council of Italy (CNR), 98164 Messina, Italy.
Giovanni PioggiaInstitute for Biomedical Research and Innovation (IRIB), National Research Council of Italy (CNR), 98164 Messina, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-8089-7449
Gennaro TartariscoInstitute for Biomedical Research and Innovation (IRIB), National Research Council of Italy (CNR), 98164 Messina, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-9467-2024
Sebastiano GangemiSchool and Operative Unit of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Messina, Via Consolare Valeria 1, 98125 Messina, Italy.
Ospedale Policlinico San Martino · ITInstitute for Biomedical Research and Innovation · ITUniversity of Messina · ITUniversità Campus Bio-Medico · IT

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Optimizing the functional status of patients of any age is a major global public health goal. Rehabilitation is a process in which a person with disabilities is accompanied to achieve the best possible physical, functional, social, intellectual, and relational outcomes. The Intermediate Care Unit within the O.U. of Geriatrics and Gerontology of the San Martino Hospital in Genoa is focused on the treatment and motor reactivation of patients with geriatric pathologies. The objective of this study was to identify which factor, among the characteristics related to the patient and those identified by the geriatric evaluation, had the greatest impact on rehabilitation outcomes. Our findings revealed significant correlations between the Barthel Index delta, the 4AT Screening Test, and the number of drugs taken. This association highlights the potential benefits of medication management in enhancing the overall well-being and functional abilities of frail older adults, despite the literature suggesting that polypharmacotherapy is associated with a reduction in functional status and an increase in mortality. These findings underscore the significance of a multidimensional geriatric assessment. Refining and optimising these multidisciplinary approaches is the objective of a more effective geriatric rehabilitation strategy.

Indexed as

cognitive impairmentdementiaelderlygeriatricintermediate caremultiparametricrehabilitationstatistics

Identifiers

PMID37761272
PMCPMC10529473
OpenAlexW4386602003

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