Keywords
hospital readmission
heart failure
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Abstract
Background. Heart failure is becoming a bigger problem epidemiological and clinical. It is the most common cause of hospital readmission and increased risk of death among elderly patients. Frailty syndrome (FS) is more common among patients with heart failure than in the general population, and has an impact on the occurrence of interventions in the emergency department, hospitalization and mortality. Objectives. Assessment of the relationship between frailty syndrome and hospitalization in heart failure. Material and methods. The study included 86 patients hospitalized for heart failure. We used the Tilburg Frailty Indicator (TFI) to assess for frailty. Results. The study included 86 patients (mean age 74 ± 7.5 years), including 51% men and 49% of women. We have used a linear model to assess for sociodemographic, clinical factors frailty, and rehospitalizations. The model proved to be statistically significant, F (15.19) = 70.60; p = 0.002. The analysis showed that female gender (p = 0.002), comorbidities, older age (p = 0.006), monthly income are important predictors of the dependent variable: the frequency of hospital readmission. Conclusions. A higher level of frailty syndrom is a predictor of hospital redamissions in elderly patients with heart failure. The rate of readmission is also affected by: lifestyle, NYHA functional class, and comorbidities.References
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