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- Many older orthopedic and rheumatic patients experience multiple symptoms after being discharged from the hospital, with an average of 6 symptoms reported by participants.
- A significant number of these symptoms were not communicated to healthcare professionals, family, or friends, indicating a gap in communication.
- Despite this, most patients wanted to see improvements, and nearly all found it easy to access support.
Article Abstract
Background: In older multimorbid orthopedic and rheumatic patients, data on symptoms besides pain or reduced mobility are rarely published.
Objective: We investigated patients' perspectives on their symptoms after hospital discharge.
Material And Methods: Orthopedic and rheumatic patients aged over 70 years were asked via telephone interviews about (i) their symptoms, (ii) communication, (iii) treatment, and (iv) support.
Results: (i) The 60 participants (35 women and 25 men) reported a median of 6 (min-max: 1-14) different symptoms, of which 86% (356 of 415) had existed before hospitalization, (ii) patients did not communicate 28% (117) of symptoms to either healthcare professionals, family or friends and (iii) 52 (87%) patients desired improvement. Of the 280 most impairing symptoms, 19% (52) were not treated at all. (iv) Almost all patients (59; 98%) considered it easy to obtain support.
Conclusion: Remarkably, many symptoms were not communicated or treated despite the patients having been hospitalized.
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