Investigation of geriatric syndromes in hospitalized retired veteran cadres
Bai Yurong
Wang Jianan
Ju Peng
Wang Xiran
Zhang Yishan
Abstract：Objective To investigate the geriatric syndromes in hospitalized retired veteran cadres, in order to provide theoretical basis for improvement health care of retired veteran cadres. Methods Elderly patients (over 65 years old) of retired veterans admitted from January 2010 to June 2016 were enrolled and received standard comprehensive geriatric assessment (CGA). The survey investigated general condition, chronic disease and geriatric syndromes. Results 87 patients aged 65 to 90 years (average age = 83.08±7.3 years old) including 64 males (71.3%) and 25 females (28.7%) were investigated. The three chronic diseases with highest incidence were hypertension (71.3%, 62/87), coronary heart disease (56.3%, 49/87) and diabetes (49.4%, 43/87), respectively. CAG results showed the percentages of patients with emotional disorder (67.8%,59/87), impairment in activities of daily living (55.2%, 48/87) were both more than 50%. Higher incidence of chronic painting (49.4%,43/87), sleep problems (48.3%, 42/87), urinary incontinence (48.3%, 42/87) and frailty (43.7%, 38/87) was discovered. Nutrition risk (19.4%,13/87) was relatively lower. Conclusions Military retiree is a special group of population, the geriatric syndromes characteristics of military retirees is different from general elderly population. It is necessary to establish a pattern of CGA and disease management system matching the characteristics of armed force for retired veteran cadres.
Keywords：Retired veteran cadresGeriatric syndromes
Publication Date：2017-01-01
Online Publishing Date：2025-08-15(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：3( 1048-1050 )