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dc.contributor.authorOrikiriza, Patrick
dc.contributor.authorRukundo, Godfrey Z.
dc.contributor.authorKayanja, Adrian
dc.contributor.authorBazira, Joel
dc.date.accessioned2022-01-21T09:19:27Z
dc.date.available2022-01-21T09:19:27Z
dc.date.issued2019-06-29
dc.identifier.citationOrikiriza, P., Rukundo, G. Z., Kayanja, A., & Bazira, J. (2020). Clinical Conditions of Hospitalized Older Adult Patients and Their Outcomes in a Regional Referral Hospital in Southwestern Uganda. Journal of Aging Research, 2020.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://ir.must.ac.ug/xmlui/handle/123456789/1263
dc.description.abstractBackground. Recent advances in medicine have caused positive impact on the life expectancy of most countries, resulting in increased older adult population. Aging comes with a number of health challenges. (is study investigated health conditions of older adults at admission and clinical outcomes in a regional referral hospital in southwestern Uganda. Methods. A retrospective study reviewed clinical data of older adult patients admitted between January 2016 and December 2017. Demographic data, cause of admission, length, and outcomes of hospitalization are described. Results. Up to 813 patient files were reviewed. (e patients had been hospitalized to emergency, 371 (45.6%); medical, 355 (43.7%); surgical, 84 (10.3%); psychiatry, 2 (0.3%); and obstetrics and gynecology, 1 (0.1%) wards. (e majority, 427 (52.5%), of the patients were females. Cancer was the most common reason for hospitalization, 130/889 (14.6%), followed by stroke, 94/889 (10.6%); heart failure, 76/889 (8.6%); chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, 56/889 (6.3%); pneumonia, 47/889 (5.3%); and head injury, 45/889 (5.1%), whilst 560 (68.9%) of the hospitalized patients were discharged, 197 (24.2%) died, 18 (2.2%) were referred for advanced care, and 38 (4.7%) escaped from the facility. (e emergency ward had the highest deaths, 101 (51.3%), then medical, 56 (28.4%), and surgical, 39 (19.8%), wards. Mortality of those who died was admitted with stroke, 30 (15.2%), cancer, 21 (10.7%), head injury, 16 (8.1%), heart failure, 14 (7.1%), sepsis, 14 (7.1%), and renal disease, 12 (6.1%). On average, patients were admitted for 5 days (IQR: 3–8). Conclusions. (e high proportion of mortality in this group is worrying and requires further investigationsen_US
dc.description.sponsorshipFogarty International Center and co-funding partners (NIH Common Fund, Office of Strategic Coordination, and Office of the Director (OD/OSC/CF/NIH); Office of AIDS Research and Office of the Director (OAR/NIH); National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH/NIH); and National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS/NIH)) of the National Institutes of Health under the award number D43TW010128.en_US
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.publisherJournal of Aging Researchen_US
dc.subjectHospitalized Olderen_US
dc.subjectAdult Patientsen_US
dc.subjectLife expectancyen_US
dc.subjectSouthwesternen_US
dc.subjectUgandaen_US
dc.titleClinical Conditions of Hospitalized Older Adult Patients and Their Outcomes in a Regional Referral Hospital in Southwestern Ugandaen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US


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