Table 2 Clinical and related characteristics of the study participants
Clinical and related information | Frequency (%) |
|---|---|
Patients with previous medical history | 105 (64.8) |
Hospitalization in the previous 1-year before the study period | |
 None | 109 (67.3) |
 Ones | 49 (30.3) |
 Twice and above | 4 (2.5) |
Psychological condition on admission (GDS score) | |
 No psychological problems (0 to 4) | 34 (21%) |
 Mild dementia/depression (5 to 9 | 96 59.3%) |
 Severe dementia/depression (10 to 15) | 32 (19.8%) |
Currently diagnosed diseases according to ICD-11 classification | |
 Certain infectious or parasitic diseases | 20 (12.4) |
 Neoplasms | 3 (1.9) |
 Diseases of the immune system | 5 (3.1) |
 Endocrine, nutritional or metabolic diseases | 35 (21.6) |
 Mental, behavioral or neurodevelopmental disorders | 2 (1.23) |
 Diseases of the nervous system | 21 (13) |
 Diseases of the circulatory system | 112 (69.1) |
 Diseases of the respiratory system | 70 (43.2) |
 Diseases of the digestive system | 12 (7.4) |
 Diseases of the skin | 1 (0.6) |
 Diseases of the blood or blood-forming organs | 33 (20.4) |
 Diseases of the genitourinary system | 37 (22.8) |
 Symptoms, signs or clinical findings, not elsewhere classified | 13 (8) |
Number of diseases diagnosed | |
 Median (IQ) | 3 (3, 4) |
 1 | 8 (4.9) |
 2 | 30 (18.5) |
 3 | 46 (28.4) |
 4 | 39 (24.1) |
 5 and above | 39 (24.1) |
CCI score | |
 Median (IQ) | 4 (3, 5) |
 Mild | 12 (7.4) |
 Moderate | 93 (57.4) |
 Severe | 57 (35.2) |
Length of hospital stay, days | |
 Median (IQ) | 10 (6, 14) |
 Short stays (0–5 days) | 24 (14.8) |
 Medium stays (6–10 days) | 67 (41.4) |
 Long stay (≥ 10 days) | 71 (43.8) |