Nicola Veronese1, Giacomo Siri2, Alberto Cella2, Julia Daragjati3, Alfonso J Cruz-Jentoft4, Maria Cristina Polidori5, Francesco Mattace-Raso6, Marc Paccalin7, Eva Topinkova8, Antonio Greco9, Arduino A Mangoni10, Stefania Maggi11, Luigi Ferrucci12, Alberto Pilotto13. 1. Department of Geriatric Care, Orthogeriatrics and Rehabilitation, E.O. Galliera Hospital, Geriatric Unit, National Relevance & High Specialization Hospital, Genoa, Italy; Azienda ULSS 3 Serenissima, Primary Care Department, District 3, Venice, Italy. 2. Department of Geriatric Care, Orthogeriatrics and Rehabilitation, E.O. Galliera Hospital, Geriatric Unit, National Relevance & High Specialization Hospital, Genoa, Italy. 3. Geriatrics Unit, Azienda ULSS 6 Padova, S. Antonio Hospital, Padua, Italy. 4. Servicio de Geriatría, Hospital Universitario Ramón y Cajal (IRYCIS), Madrid, Spain. 5. University of Cologne Medical Faculty, Cologne, Germany. 6. Section of Geriatric Medicine, Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, the Netherlands. 7. Geriatrics Department, University Hospital Poitiers, France; Centre Investigation Clinique 1402, University of Poitiers, CHU Poitiers, INSERM, Poitiers, France. 8. First Faculty of Medicine, Charles University in Prague, Czech Republic. 9. Geriatrics Unit, IRCCS CSS, San Giovanni Rotondo, Italy. 10. Department of Clinical Pharmacology, School of Medicine, Flinders University and Flinders Medical Centre, Adelaide, Australia. 11. National Research Council, Aging Section, Padova, Italy. 12. National Institute on Aging, 251 Bayview Boulevard, Baltimore, MD, USA. 13. Department of Geriatric Care, Orthogeriatrics and Rehabilitation, E.O. Galliera Hospital, Geriatric Unit, National Relevance & High Specialization Hospital, Genoa, Italy; Department of Interdisciplinary Medicine, 'Aldo Moro' University of Bari, Italy. Electronic address: alberto.pilotto@galliera.it.
Abstract
OBJECTIVES: The association between frailty, mortality and sex is complex, but a limited literature is available on this topic, particularly for older hospitalized patients. Therefore, the objective of our study was to prospectively evaluate sex differences in frailty, assessed by the Multidimensional Prognostic Index (MPI) and mortality, institutionalization, and re-hospitalization in an international cohort of older people admitted to hospital. STUDY DESIGN: We used data from nine public hospitals in Europe and Australia, to evaluate sex differences in mortality, frailty and the risk of institutionalization and re-hospitalization, during one year of follow-up. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: People aged 65 years or more admitted to hospital for an acute medical condition or for a relapse of a chronic disease were included. A standardized comprehensive geriatric assessment, which evaluated functional, nutritional, and cognitive status, risk of pressure sores, comorbidities, medications and co-habitation status, was used to calculate the MPI to measure frailty in all hospitalized older people. Data regarding mortality, institutionalization and re-hospitalization were also recorded for one year. RESULTS: Altogether, 1140 hospitalized patients (mean age = 84.2 years; 694 women = 60.9%) were included. The one-year mortality rate was 33.2%. In multivariate analysis, adjusted for age, MPI score, centre and diagnosis at baseline, although women had higher MPI scores than men, the latter had higher in-hospital (odds ratio, OR = 2.26; 95% confidence intervals, CI = 1.27-4.01) and one-year post-discharge mortality (OR = 2.04; 95%CI = 1.50-2.79). Furthermore, men were less frequently institutionalized in a care home than female patients (OR = 0.55; 95%CI: 0.34-0.91), but they were also more frequently re-hospitalized (OR = 1.42; 95%CI: 1.06-1.91) during the year after hospital discharge. CONCLUSION: Older hospitalized men were less frail, but experienced higher in-hospital and one-year mortality than women. Women were admitted more frequently to nursing homes and experienced a lower risk of re-hospitalization. These findings suggest important differences between the sexes and extends the 'male-female health-survival paradox' to acutely ill patient groups.
OBJECTIVES: The association between frailty, mortality and sex is complex, but a limited literature is available on this topic, particularly for older hospitalized patients. Therefore, the objective of our study was to prospectively evaluate sex differences in frailty, assessed by the Multidimensional Prognostic Index (MPI) and mortality, institutionalization, and re-hospitalization in an international cohort of older people admitted to hospital. STUDY DESIGN: We used data from nine public hospitals in Europe and Australia, to evaluate sex differences in mortality, frailty and the risk of institutionalization and re-hospitalization, during one year of follow-up. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: People aged 65 years or more admitted to hospital for an acute medical condition or for a relapse of a chronic disease were included. A standardized comprehensive geriatric assessment, which evaluated functional, nutritional, and cognitive status, risk of pressure sores, comorbidities, medications and co-habitation status, was used to calculate the MPI to measure frailty in all hospitalized older people. Data regarding mortality, institutionalization and re-hospitalization were also recorded for one year. RESULTS: Altogether, 1140 hospitalized patients (mean age = 84.2 years; 694 women = 60.9%) were included. The one-year mortality rate was 33.2%. In multivariate analysis, adjusted for age, MPI score, centre and diagnosis at baseline, although women had higher MPI scores than men, the latter had higher in-hospital (odds ratio, OR = 2.26; 95% confidence intervals, CI = 1.27-4.01) and one-year post-discharge mortality (OR = 2.04; 95%CI = 1.50-2.79). Furthermore, men were less frequently institutionalized in a care home than female patients (OR = 0.55; 95%CI: 0.34-0.91), but they were also more frequently re-hospitalized (OR = 1.42; 95%CI: 1.06-1.91) during the year after hospital discharge. CONCLUSION: Older hospitalized men were less frail, but experienced higher in-hospital and one-year mortality than women. Women were admitted more frequently to nursing homes and experienced a lower risk of re-hospitalization. These findings suggest important differences between the sexes and extends the 'male-female health-survival paradox' to acutely ill patient groups.
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