Loss of Independence in Activities of Daily Living in Older Adults Hospitalized with Medical Illnesses: Increased Vulnerability with Age

By K. Covinsky, R. Palmer, R. Fortinsky, S. Counsell, A. Stewart, D. Kresevic, C. Burant, C. Landefeld. Journal of The American Geriatrics Society, 2003

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Subfields: Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine, Geriatrics and Gerontology

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Kenneth E. Covinsky
C. Boyd
Edgar Pierluissi
C. Landefeld
James A. Smith
C. B. Johnston
S. Counsell
R. Palmer

Citations in the corpus

Diagnoses and Timing of 30-Day Readmissions after Hospitalization For Heart Failure, Acute Myocardial Infarction, or Pneumonia (2013, neutral): “Inpatients frequently experience loss of strength and mobility(26) and develop new disabilities and difficulties in performing activities of daily living.(27-29) Hospitalized patients may have nutritional deficits due to”
Hospitalization-associated disability: "She was probably able to ambulate, but I'm not sure". (2011, background): “More than 50% of adults older than 85 years will leave the hospital with a major new ADL disability.(3) Depression and cognitive dysfunction are additional potent risk factors for hospitalization-associated disability.”
Recovery in Activities of Daily Living Among Older Adults Following Hospitalization for Acute Medical Illness (2008, methodology): “Cutpoints for variables were chosen based on prior work.(8) Logistic regression was used to identify independent predictors failing to recover by 1 year.”
“I've been independent for so damn long!”: Independence, masculinity and aging in a help seeking context (2007, background): “Literature relating to the loss of independence has focused on activities of daily living (Covinsky et al., 2003; Greiner, Snowdon, & Schmitt, 1996; Hebert, 1997); diet and healthy eating (McKie, 1999; Drummond & Smith, 2006); the capacity to recover from injuries (McColl, Stirling, Walker, Corey,…”