Publications by authors named "L Artajona"
Article Synopsis
- - The study explored fear of falling (FOF) in older patients post-fall, focusing on factors linked to FOF and its impact on long-term health outcomes, using a sample of 1464 patients aged 65 and older from various emergency departments.
- - Key factors associated with FOF included age, gender, living situation, and past fall experiences; inversely, those using walking aids or in residential care had lower FOF.
- - Although FOF was common among participants, it wasn't significantly connected to long-term outcomes like death or hospitalization, indicating a need for further research on how FOF affects older adults' quality of life and functional capacity.
Introduction And Objective: A low socioeconomic status (SES) has been associated with poor health results. The present study aimed to investigate if SES of older patients attending the emergency department is associated with the use of healthcare resources and outcomes.
Patients And Methods: Observational, retrospective study including consecutive patients 65 years or older admitted to the emergency department.
Objectives: To determine whether income was associated with unexpected in-hospital mortality in older patients treated in Spanish public health system hospital emergency departments.
Material And Methods: Fifty-one public health system hospital emergency departments in Spain voluntarily participated in the study. Together the hospitals covered 25% of the population aged 65 years or older included in all patient registers during a week in the pre-pandemic period (April 1-7, 2019) and a week during the COVID-19 pandemic (March 30 to April 5, 2020).
Objectives: To validate risk factors for mortality in patients treated for COVID-19 in a hospital emergency department during the sixth wave of the pandemic.
Material And Methods: Prospective observational noninterventional study. We included patients over the age of 18 years with a confirmed diagnosis of COVID-19 between December 1, 2021, and February 28, 2022.