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Malnutrition at Admission Predicts In-Hospital Falls in Hospitalized Older Adults by Ishida, Yuria; Maeda, Keisuke; Nonogaki, Tomoyuki; Shimizu, Akio; Yamanaka, Yosuke; Matsuyama, Remi; Kato, Ryoko; Mori, Naoharu is a Medicine article available to read on EtoBox.

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Malnutrition leads to poor prognoses, including a predisposition to falls. Few studies have investigated the relationship between malnutrition and falls during hospitalization. This study aimed to determine malnutrition’s association with falls during hospitalization. A retrospective observational study was conducted. Patients aged ≥65 years that were admitted to and discharged from a university hospital between April 2018 and March 2019 were examined. Patients with independent basic activities of daily living were included. Diagnosis of malnutrition was based on the European Society for Clinical Nutrition and Metabolism (ESPEN) criteria at admission. Disease information such as the Charlson Comorbidity Index (CCI) and reasons for hospitalization were reviewed. Kaplan–Meier curve and multivariate Cox regression analyses were performed. Data from 6081 patients (mean age: 74.4 ± 6.1 years; males: 58.1%) were analyzed. The mean CCI was 2.3 ± 2.8 points. Malnutrition was detected in 668 (11.0%) and falls occurred in 55 (0.9%) patients. Malnourished patients experienced a higher fall rate than those without malnutrition (2.4% vs. 0.7%, log-rank test __p__ < 0.001). In multivariate analy

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Author

Ishida, Yuria; Maeda, Keisuke; Nonogaki, Tomoyuki; Shimizu, Akio; Yamanaka, Yosuke; Matsuyama, Remi; Kato, Ryoko; Mori, Naoharu

Publisher

MDPI AG; Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI); Basel: MDPI, 2009-; Publons; Research Square (ISSN 2072-6643)

Published

2020

Language

EN

Field

Medicine (Health Sciences)