作者
Luciana Pereira Rodrigues, Andréa Toledo de Oliveira Rezende, Felipe Mendes Delpino, Carolina Rodrigues Mendonça, Matias Noll, Bruno Pereira Nunes, Cesar De Oliviera, Erika Aparecida Silveira
发表日期
2022/7
来源
Age and Ageing
卷号
51
期号
7
页码范围
afac155
出版商
Oxford University Press
简介
Background
Multimorbidity is defined as the presence of multiple chronic conditions in the same individual. Multimorbidity is more prevalent in older adults and can lead to several adverse health outcomes.
Methods
We systematically reviewed evidence from observational studies to verify the association between multimorbidity and hospitalization in older adults. Furthermore, we also aimed to identify whether it changes according to gender, advanced age, institutionalization, and wealth of the country of residence. We searched the PubMed, Embase and Scopus databases from December 2020 to April 2021. The analysed outcomes were as follows: hospitalization, length of stay and hospital readmission.
Results
Of the 6,948 studies identified in the databases, 33 were included in this review. From the meta-analysis results, it was found that multimorbidity …
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