Examining the Association of Physical Activity and Mortality Among Recently Hospitalized Older Adults with Dementia

Overview

Journal Geriatr Nurs

Specialty Nursing

Date 2024 Jul 12

PMID 38996477

Authors

Brittany F Drazich

Nayeon Kim

Merve Gurlu

Marie Boltz

Ashley Kuzmik

Elizabeth Galik

Barbara Resnick

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Abstract

Introduction: This study aimed to examine the association between physical activity one month post discharge and mortality over the first-year post discharge among recently hospitalized older adults with dementia.

Methods: For this descriptive sub-study, among 42 participants, we obtained physical activity data via accelerometry at one month post discharge and death status via phone call at 6 months and 1 year post discharge. We performed logistic regression.

Results: We found that participants' amount of time spent in physical activity one month post hospital discharge was not statistically significantly associated with mortality within the first-year post hospital discharge (OR=.996, CI=.992,1.000; p=.053). However, we did observe a strong trend.

Conclusions: Given the small sample of participants, this trend is salient and should be examined in a larger sample. The results highlight a specific patient profile, recently hospitalized older adults with dementia, that would greatly benefit from physical activity interventions.

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