Anemia: frequency and mortality risk in aged institutionalized

• Autor(a) principal: Ferreira,Tassianne de Souza
• Data de Publicação: 2012
• Outros Autores: Almeida,Bianca Sales, Barros,Tiago Prates, Morelato,Renato Lírio
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: eng
• Título da fonte: Geriatrics, Gerontology and Aging (Online)
• Texto Completo: https://ggaging.com/details/202
• topic: Anemia, homes for the aged, aged, mortality.

<p><b>OBJECTIVES:</b> The objective of this study was to evaluate its frequency and impact on mortality in three years of monitoring in Nursing Home residents.<br> <b>METHODS:</b> A prospective study in 65 aged people in Nursing Home, located in Cariacica, ES, for three years (2005-2008). For data evaluation we used the Board survival Kaplan Meier and Cox regression with adjustment for comorbidities. Values of &#961; <u>&lt;</u> 0.05 were considered significant.<br> <b>RESULTS:</b> Sixty-five subjects (51.5% men), 79 ± 8 (60-97) years, 62.1% (41) hypertensive, 24% (16), immobility syndrome, 16.7% (11) with senile dementia and 12.1% (8) with diabetes <i>mellitus</i>. 18 (27.3%) had anemia. There were 16 deaths from different causes, as follows: group without anemia (9.09% women and 20% men), anemia (44.4% women and 55.5% men), LogRank 0.004. Analysis of Cox regression adjusted for comorbidities (age, senile dementia, immobility, diabetes), RR 3.21 (95% CI 1.05 to 19.76).<br> <b>CONCLUSIONS:</b> The aged presented a high frequency of anemia in this Nursing Home and it was an important independent risk factor for mortality in both sexes.</p>