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Association Between Socioeconomic Disadvantage and Decline in Function, Cognition, and Mental Health After Critical Illness Among Older Adults : A Cohort Study.
Jain S, Murphy TE, O'Leary JR, Leo-Summers L, Ferrante LE. Association Between Socioeconomic Disadvantage and Decline in Function, Cognition, and Mental Health After Critical Illness Among Older Adults : A Cohort Study. Annals Of Internal Medicine 2022, 175: 644-655. PMID: 35254879, PMCID: PMC9316386, DOI: 10.7326/m21-3086.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsICU hospitalizationIntensive care unitMental healthCohort studyCritical illnessDual eligibilityOlder adultsProbable dementiaSocioeconomic disadvantageOlder personsGreater riskCommunity-dwelling older adultsLongitudinal cohort studySymptoms of depressionAging Trends StudyOutcome of functionMental health outcomesClinical characteristicsLow-income seniorsCare unitNational HealthRetrospective analysisHospitalizationOlder survivorsDaily livingIn-Hospital Delirium and Disability and Cognitive Impairment After COVID-19 Hospitalization
Kaushik R, McAvay G, Murphy T, Acampora D, Araujo K, Charpentier P, Chattopadhyay S, Geda M, Gill T, Kaminski T, Lee S, Li J, Cohen A, Hajduk A, Ferrante L. In-Hospital Delirium and Disability and Cognitive Impairment After COVID-19 Hospitalization. JAMA Network Open 2024, 7: e2419640. PMID: 38954414, PMCID: PMC11220565, DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2024.19640.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsIn-hospital deliriumChart-Based Delirium Identification InstrumentOlder adultsFunctional disabilityCOVID-19 hospitalizationCognitive impairmentCohort studyAssociated with increased functional disabilityHospitalized older adultsIncreased functional disabilityAssociation of deliriumPostdischarge follow-upRisk of deliriumTertiary care systemFollow-upPresence of cognitive impairmentProspective cohort studyLogistic regression modelsOlder survivorsCare systemIncreasing cognitive impairmentMain OutcomesCOVID-19Hospital dischargePrimary outcome
2024
Associations of Social Support With Physical and Mental Health Symptom Burden After COVID-19 Hospitalization Among Older Adults
Lee S, McAvay G, Geda M, Chattopadhyay S, Acampora D, Araujo K, Charpentier P, Gill T, Hajduk A, Cohen A, Ferrante L. Associations of Social Support With Physical and Mental Health Symptom Burden After COVID-19 Hospitalization Among Older Adults. The Journals Of Gerontology Series A 2024, 79: glae092. PMID: 38558166, PMCID: PMC11059296, DOI: 10.1093/gerona/glae092.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLow social supportMental health symptomsSocial supportSymptom burdenHealth symptomsFollow-up assessmentCOVID-19 hospitalizationMedical Outcomes Study Social Support SurveyPhysical symptomsAssociation of social supportEdmonton Symptom Assessment SystemPatient Health Questionnaire-4Burden of physical symptomsMental health symptom burdenModified Edmonton Symptom Assessment SystemSocial Support SurveyParticipants' mean ageAssociated with higher burdenSupport SurveyOlder survivorsSymptom managementOlder AdultsMental healthHispanic ethnicityLongitudinal associations