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tors influencing hospital length of stay in non-acute care psihosocialni vidiki prilagajanja na staranje | psychosocial aspects of adjustment to aging
setting
Vida Oražem1, Danica Rotar Pavlič2, Melita Peršolja2
1 University Medical Centre Ljubljana, Zaloška cesta 2, SI-1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
2 University of Primorska, Faculty of Health Sciences, Polje 42, SI-6310 Izola,
Slovenia
Introduction: With the aging of the population, the need for non-acute hospital
care is increasing. Inaccessible treatment is aimed primarily at the elderly pop-
ulation, who no longer needs diagnostic procedures, but rather the improve-
ment of self-care. Health care is one of the priorities of non-acute treatment.
The purpose of the study was to determine what influence the duration of hos-
pitalization in non-acute care.
Methods: Based on the data from the Care Department, a retrospective
cross-sectional study was carried. We collected data on 431 patients. We de-
termined whether the duration of hospitalization is related to the demograph-
ic characteristics of the patient, the assessment of the needs for nursing care,
the number of nursing diagnoses, the involvement of relatives and the type of
medical diagnosis.
Results: The results of the analysis show that hospitalization was longer in pa-
tients who were under 65 years of age with a higher number of fetal nursing di-
agnoses (p=0.044), with poorer involvement of relatives (p=0.024), in patients
with hip fractures or with a brain infarction (p<0.001).
Discussion and conclusions: With this research, we confirmed that health care
greatly contributes to the progress and better quality of life of patients.
Keywords: hospital lenght of stay, elderly, non-acute treatment
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setting
Vida Oražem1, Danica Rotar Pavlič2, Melita Peršolja2
1 University Medical Centre Ljubljana, Zaloška cesta 2, SI-1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
2 University of Primorska, Faculty of Health Sciences, Polje 42, SI-6310 Izola,
Slovenia
Introduction: With the aging of the population, the need for non-acute hospital
care is increasing. Inaccessible treatment is aimed primarily at the elderly pop-
ulation, who no longer needs diagnostic procedures, but rather the improve-
ment of self-care. Health care is one of the priorities of non-acute treatment.
The purpose of the study was to determine what influence the duration of hos-
pitalization in non-acute care.
Methods: Based on the data from the Care Department, a retrospective
cross-sectional study was carried. We collected data on 431 patients. We de-
termined whether the duration of hospitalization is related to the demograph-
ic characteristics of the patient, the assessment of the needs for nursing care,
the number of nursing diagnoses, the involvement of relatives and the type of
medical diagnosis.
Results: The results of the analysis show that hospitalization was longer in pa-
tients who were under 65 years of age with a higher number of fetal nursing di-
agnoses (p=0.044), with poorer involvement of relatives (p=0.024), in patients
with hip fractures or with a brain infarction (p<0.001).
Discussion and conclusions: With this research, we confirmed that health care
greatly contributes to the progress and better quality of life of patients.
Keywords: hospital lenght of stay, elderly, non-acute treatment
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