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Role of comorbidities in caring for chronicly ill elderly patients with and without dementia
BACKGROUND AND AIM: The aim of this study is to highlight the presence of co-morbidities and their role in caring for chronicly ill patients with and without dementia. PATIENTS AND METHODS: The study was performed on a group of 213 chronic patients. We used CIRS-G (Cumulative Illness Rating Scale in...
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Iuliu Hatieganu University of Medicine and Pharmacy
2014
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4462422/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26528007 http://dx.doi.org/10.15386/cjmed-291 |
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author | GURGU, MINERVA ZAMFIRESCU, ANDREEA RASCU, AGRIPINA ROMILA, AUREL GURGU, HORIA NEDELCU, LAURENTIU |
author_facet | GURGU, MINERVA ZAMFIRESCU, ANDREEA RASCU, AGRIPINA ROMILA, AUREL GURGU, HORIA NEDELCU, LAURENTIU |
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description | BACKGROUND AND AIM: The aim of this study is to highlight the presence of co-morbidities and their role in caring for chronicly ill patients with and without dementia. PATIENTS AND METHODS: The study was performed on a group of 213 chronic patients. We used CIRS-G (Cumulative Illness Rating Scale in Geriatric Population) and IADL (Instrumental Activity Daily Living) scales. We compared the scores of severity and dependency. RESULTS: The most frequent co-morbidities in the study group were cardiac, vascular, locomotor, sensory organs and metabolic diseases. For the study group, the highest medium score of severity according to the CIRS-G scale was represented by cardiovascular diseases. For patients with dementia, psychiatric, cardiac, vascular, metabolic, genitourinary, sensory organs and locomotion domains had the highest score of severity and dependency. CONCLUSIONS: The health status of chronic patients with and without dementia is characterized by multiple pathologies with various degrees of severity and dependency. |
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spelling | pubmed-44624222015-11-02 Role of comorbidities in caring for chronicly ill elderly patients with and without dementia GURGU, MINERVA ZAMFIRESCU, ANDREEA RASCU, AGRIPINA ROMILA, AUREL GURGU, HORIA NEDELCU, LAURENTIU Clujul Med Original Research BACKGROUND AND AIM: The aim of this study is to highlight the presence of co-morbidities and their role in caring for chronicly ill patients with and without dementia. PATIENTS AND METHODS: The study was performed on a group of 213 chronic patients. We used CIRS-G (Cumulative Illness Rating Scale in Geriatric Population) and IADL (Instrumental Activity Daily Living) scales. We compared the scores of severity and dependency. RESULTS: The most frequent co-morbidities in the study group were cardiac, vascular, locomotor, sensory organs and metabolic diseases. For the study group, the highest medium score of severity according to the CIRS-G scale was represented by cardiovascular diseases. For patients with dementia, psychiatric, cardiac, vascular, metabolic, genitourinary, sensory organs and locomotion domains had the highest score of severity and dependency. CONCLUSIONS: The health status of chronic patients with and without dementia is characterized by multiple pathologies with various degrees of severity and dependency. Iuliu Hatieganu University of Medicine and Pharmacy 2014 2014-05-30 /pmc/articles/PMC4462422/ /pubmed/26528007 http://dx.doi.org/10.15386/cjmed-291 Text en http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License |
spellingShingle | Original Research GURGU, MINERVA ZAMFIRESCU, ANDREEA RASCU, AGRIPINA ROMILA, AUREL GURGU, HORIA NEDELCU, LAURENTIU Role of comorbidities in caring for chronicly ill elderly patients with and without dementia |
title | Role of comorbidities in caring for chronicly ill elderly patients with and without dementia |
title_full | Role of comorbidities in caring for chronicly ill elderly patients with and without dementia |
title_fullStr | Role of comorbidities in caring for chronicly ill elderly patients with and without dementia |
title_full_unstemmed | Role of comorbidities in caring for chronicly ill elderly patients with and without dementia |
title_short | Role of comorbidities in caring for chronicly ill elderly patients with and without dementia |
title_sort | role of comorbidities in caring for chronicly ill elderly patients with and without dementia |
topic | Original Research |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4462422/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26528007 http://dx.doi.org/10.15386/cjmed-291 |
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