Volume : 09, Issue : 08, August – 2022
Title:
11.FRAILTY IS A GOOD INDICATOR OF LENGTH OF HOSPITAL STAY IN PATIENTS SUFFERING FROM BACTERIAL MENINGITIS
Authors :
Ziyad Ahmad, Muhammad Izhar, Muhammad Abubakar, Hamza Usman, Asfandiyar khan, Nigar ahmad
Abstract :
Purpose: The purpose of the study is to analyze the effect of frailty index on the length of hospital stay.
Method: After approval from Hospital Ethical committee data was taken from the previous records (hospital database) of patients who were admitted to Leady Reading Hospital, Peshawar for bacterial meningitis. The data was extracted from 2018 to 2021. SPSS 20 version was used for the data analysis.
Results: Among 204 (62.2%) less frail patients, 188 patients (92.15%) had a hospital stay of 0-7 days and 16 patients (7.84%) had a hospital stay of 8-14 days. While in 124 severely frail patients(37.8%), 11 patients (8.9%) had a hospital stay of 0-7 days, 106 patients (85.5%) had a hospital stay of 8-14 days and 7 patients (5.6%) had a stay of greater than 14 days.
Conclusion: We found that severely frail patients (mFI ≥3) had longer hospital stay compared to less frail patient (mFI≤2). This study demonstrated that frailty, not the age, is the independent indicator of poor clinical outcomes and length of hospital stay.
Cite This Article:
Please cite this article in press Ziyad Ahmad et al, Frailty Is A Good Indicator Of Length Of Hospital Stay In Patients Suffering From Bacterial Meningitis., Indo Am. J. P. Sci, 2022; 09(8).,
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