Incidence of advanced chronic disease, need for palliative care and in-hospital mortality
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Mortality, Prognosis, Chronic Disease, Palliative CareAbstract
Background: There is a continuing increase in the prevalence of people affected with progressive chronic diseases. Palliative care is another form of care and organization of health problems that improve quality.
Objective: To determine the incidence of patients with advanced chronic illness and need of palliative care (NPC) and intrahospital mortality in a reference hospital.
Methods: Prospective observational study in hospitalized patients over 18 years of age in the internal medicine department who met at least one criterion of the NECPAL CCOMS-ICO tool. They were followed until death or discharge to determine intrahospital mortality. We used descriptive and inferential statistics.
Results: We studied 370 admissions from April to August 2021, including 110 patients, 59 women (55.3%) and 51 men (44.7%), age 65.5 ± 15.85 years. The incidence of NPC was 29.7%. The most frequent comorbidity was oncologic in 39 patients (35.5%), followed by chronic heart disease in 17 patients (15.5%); 38 patients were classified as NECPAL grade I (34.5%), 44 NECPAL II (40%) and 28 NECPAL III (25.5%). Twenty-five patients died during their in-hospital stay, with a mortality of 22.7%.
Conclusions: The incidence of hospitalized patients in need of palliative care is considerable, more than half of them for non-oncologic pathology. More effective care strategies are required for external referral and multidisciplinary in-hospital care.
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