TY - JOUR
T1 - Factors associated with the occurrence of adverse events in critical elderly patients
AU - Toffoletto, Maria Cecilia
AU - Barbosa, Ricardo Luis
AU - Andolhe, Rafaela
AU - Oliveira, Elaine Machado de
AU - Janzantte Ducci, Adriana
AU - Padilha, Katia Grillo
PY - 2016/11/1
Y1 - 2016/11/1
N2 - Objective:: to identify the factors associated with the occurrence of adverse events in critical elderly patients admitted to intensive care unit according to demographic and clinical characteristics.Method:: a retrospective cohort study was conducted in nine units of a teaching hospital. Data were collected from medical records and from monitoring of nursing shift change. We used the t-test/Mann-Whitney, chi-square and logistic regression to test associations. Significance level of 5% was used.Results:: out of the 315 elderly, 94 experienced events. Those who experienced events were men (60.6%) with mean age of 70.7 years, length of hospital stay of 10.6 days and survivors (61.7%). Most of the 183 events were clinical processes and procedures (37.1%). There was an association between adverse event and length of hospital stay in the unit (p=0.000; OR=1.10, 95% CI [1.06, 1.14]).Conclusion:: the identification of associated events and factors in the elderly subsidize the prevention of these occurrences before the vulnerability of this age group.
AB - Objective:: to identify the factors associated with the occurrence of adverse events in critical elderly patients admitted to intensive care unit according to demographic and clinical characteristics.Method:: a retrospective cohort study was conducted in nine units of a teaching hospital. Data were collected from medical records and from monitoring of nursing shift change. We used the t-test/Mann-Whitney, chi-square and logistic regression to test associations. Significance level of 5% was used.Results:: out of the 315 elderly, 94 experienced events. Those who experienced events were men (60.6%) with mean age of 70.7 years, length of hospital stay of 10.6 days and survivors (61.7%). Most of the 183 events were clinical processes and procedures (37.1%). There was an association between adverse event and length of hospital stay in the unit (p=0.000; OR=1.10, 95% CI [1.06, 1.14]).Conclusion:: the identification of associated events and factors in the elderly subsidize the prevention of these occurrences before the vulnerability of this age group.
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U2 - 10.1590/0034-7167-2016-0199
DO - 10.1590/0034-7167-2016-0199
M3 - Article
C2 - 27925078
AN - SCOPUS:85021784567
SN - 0034-7167
VL - 69
SP - 1039
EP - 1045
JO - Revista brasileira de enfermagem
JF - Revista brasileira de enfermagem
IS - 6
ER -