کد مقاله کد نشریه سال انتشار مقاله انگلیسی نسخه تمام متن
3329432 1212397 2010 10 صفحه PDF دانلود رایگان
عنوان انگلیسی مقاله ISI
Does frailty predict hospitalization, emergency department visits, and visits to the general practitioner in older newly-diagnosed cancer patients? Results of a prospective pilot study
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علوم پزشکی و سلامت پزشکی و دندانپزشکی هماتولوژی
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Does frailty predict hospitalization, emergency department visits, and visits to the general practitioner in older newly-diagnosed cancer patients? Results of a prospective pilot study
چکیده انگلیسی

Research on the use of health care by older newly-diagnosed cancer patients is sparse. We investigated whether frailty predicts hospitalization, emergency department (ED) and general practitioner (GP) visits in older cancer patients in a prospective pilot study. Newly-diagnosed cancer patients aged 65 years and over were recruited in the Segal Cancer Centre, Jewish General Hospital, Montreal, Canada. One hundred ten patients participated, mean age 74.1, 70% women. During 1 year follow-up, 52 patients (47.3%) had cancer-related hospitalizations, 23 patients (20.9%) had ED visit and 17 patients (15.5%) had GP visit. No frailty marker predicted hospitalization or visits to the GP. Cognitive impairment suspicion was the only frailty marker that predicted ED visits (odds ratio 4.97; 95%CI 1.14–21.69). Although health care use was considerable in this sample, most frailty markers were not associated with health care use in this pilot study.

ناشر
Database: Elsevier - ScienceDirect (ساینس دایرکت)
Journal: Critical Reviews in Oncology/Hematology - Volume 76, Issue 2, November 2010, Pages 142–151
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