Verstraeten LMG, Kreeftmeijer J, van Wijngaarden JP, Meskers CGM, Maier AB. Geriatric Syndromes Frequently (Co)-Occur in Geriatric Rehabilitation Inpatients: Restoring Health of Acutely Unwell Adults (RESORT) and Enhancing Muscle Power in Geriatric Rehabilitation (EMPOWER-GR).
Arch Phys Med Rehabil 2024;
105:1854-1861. [PMID:
38851557 DOI:
10.1016/j.apmr.2024.05.021]
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Abstract
OBJECTIVE
To determine the prevalence and co-occurrence of common geriatric syndromes in geriatric rehabilitation inpatients.
DESIGN
Restoring Health of Acutely Unwell Adults (RESORT) and Enhancing Muscle Power in Geriatric Rehabilitation (EMPOWER-GR) are observational, longitudinal cohorts.
SETTING
Geriatric rehabilitation.
PARTICIPANTS
Geriatric rehabilitation inpatients (N=1890 and N=200).
INTERVENTIONS
Not applicable.
MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES
Geriatric syndromes included polypharmacy, multimorbidity (Cumulative Illness Rating Scale), cognitive impairment, depression (Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale/Geriatric Depression Scale), malnutrition (Global Leadership Initiative on Malnutrition), functional limitation (Katz index), falls, physical frailty (Fried), and sarcopenia (European Working Group on Sarcopenia in Older People 2).
RESULTS
Inpatients in RESORT (R) (N=1890, 56% females) had a median age of 83.4 years (interquartile range [IQR], 77.6-88.4) and in EMPOWER-GR (E) (N=200, 57% females) of 79.8 years (IQR, 75.0-85.9). Polypharmacy (R, 82.2%; E, 84.0%), multimorbidity (R, 90.4%; E, 85.5%), functional limitation (R, 96.0%; E, 76.5%), and frailty (R, 91.8%; E, 92.2%) were most prevalent. Most inpatients had ≥5 geriatric syndromes at admission in both cohorts (R, 70.0%; E, 72.4%); few inpatients had only 1 (R, 0.4%; E, 1.5%) or no geriatric syndrome (R, 0.2%; E, 0.0%). Geriatric syndromes did not occur in isolation (without other syndromes), except for multimorbidity (R, 1%; E, 5%), functional limitation (R, 3%; E, 2%), falls (R, 0%; E, 4%), and frailty (R, 2%; E, 5%), which occurred in isolation in some inpatients; sarcopenia did not.
CONCLUSIONS
Geriatric syndromes are highly prevalent at admission to geriatric rehabilitation, with a median of 5 co-occurring syndromes. Implications for diagnosis and intervention potential should be further addressed.
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