Determination of the Geriatric Patient Profile Admitting to the Emergency Department

Year 2022, Volume: 5 Issue: 3, 72 - 80, 31.12.2022

Pelin Çelik Şimşek Çelik Fatma Hastaoğlu

https://doi.org/10.47141/geriatrik.1202842

Abstract

Aim: The study was conducted to determine the characteristics and reasons for the admission of elderly patients who admitted to the emergency department.

Material and Methods: The research was conducted in the form of face-to-face interviews with 123 patients over the age of 65 who admitted to the emergency department of a tertiary education and research hospital and agreed to participate in the study, using a questionnaire prepared by the researchers. The data obtained from the study were evaluated with the SPSS 22.0 program.

Results: The mean age of the patients participating in the study was 75.2±6.53 (min: 65, max: 90); 97.6% of them had a chronic disease; It was determined that patients applied to the emergency department primarily because of deterioration of their general health condition, and 38.2% of them had five or more applications to the emergency department in the last year. In addition, it was determined that the frequency of admission to the emergency service in the elderly with low education levels and chronic disease was high. The hospitalization rate in another hospital clinic was high in the elderly who applied to the emergency department by ambulance, and the results were statistically significant (p<0,05).

Conclusion: Parallel to the increase in the proportion of the elderly, the increase in the rate of admission to the emergency services reveals the necessity for emergency service personnel to know about geriatrics.

Keywords

elderly, emergency deparment, patient admission

Acil Servise Başvuran Geriatrik Hasta Profilinin Belirlenmesi

Abstract

Amaç: Araştırma acil servise başvuran yaşlı hastaların bireysel özelliklerinin ve başvuru nedenlerinin belirlenmesi amacıyla yapıldı.

Gereç ve Yöntemler: Araştırma, üçüncü basamak bir eğitim araştırma hastanesinin acil servise başvuran ve araştırmaya katılmayı kabul eden 65 yaş üstü 123 hasta ile araştırmacılar tarafından hazırlanan anket formu kullanılarak yüz yüze görüşme şeklinde yapılmıştır. Çalışmadan elde edilen veriler SPSS 22.0 programı ile değerlendirilmiştir.

Bulgular: Araştırmaya katılan hastaların yaş ortalamalarının 75,2±6,53 olduğu; %97,6’sının kronik hastalığının olduğu; hastaların en çok genel durum bozukluğu nedeni ile acil servise başvurduğu, %38,2’sinin son bir yıl içerisinde acil servise başvuru sayılarının beş ve üzerinde olduğu belirlendi. Ayrıca eğitim düzeyi düşük olan ve kronik hastalığı bulunan yaşlıların acil servise başvuru sıklığının fazla olduğu ve ambulans ile acil servise başvuran yaşlıların hastanenin başka bir kliniğine yatış oranlarının yüksek olduğu belirlendi, sonuçların ise istatistiksel olarak anlamlı olduğu bulundu (p<0,05).

Sonuç: Yaşlıların nüfus içerisindeki oranlarının artışına paralel olarak acil servislere başvuru oranlarının artması, acil servis çalışanlarının geriatri konusunda bilgi sahibi olması gerekliliğini ortaya koymaktadır.

Keywords

yaşlı, acil servis, hasta başvurusu

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