Prognosis of acute heart failure in patients followed up in nursing homes in Spain: Results from the RICA registry.
Med Clin (Barc)
; 162(4): 157-162, 2024 02 23.
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BACKGROUND: Patients with chronic diseases such as heart failure (HF) are at risk of hospital admission. We evaluated the impact of living in nursing homes (NH) on readmissions and all-cause mortality of HF patients during a one-year follow up. METHODS: An observational and multicenter study from the Spanish National Registry of Heart Failure (RICA) was performed. We compared clinical and prognostic characteristics between both groups. Bivariate analyses were performed using Student's t-test and Tukey's method and a Kaplan-Meier survival at one-year follow up. A multivariate proportional hazards analysis of [Cox] regression by the conditional backward method was conducted for the variables being statistically significant related to the probability of death in the univariate. RESULTS: There were 5644 patients included, 462 (8.2%) of whom were nursing home residents. There were 52.7% women and mean age was 79.7±8.8 years. NH residents had lower Barthel (74.07), Charlson (3.27), and Pfeiffer index (2.2), p<0.001). Mean pro-BNP was 6686pg/ml without statistical significance differences between groups. After 1-year follow-up, crude analysis showed no differences in readmissions 74.7% vs. 72.3%, p=0.292, or mortality 63.9% vs. 61.1%, p=0.239 between groups. However, after controlling for confounding variables, NH residents had a higher 1-year all-cause mortality (HR 1.153; 95% CI 1.011-1.317; p=0.034). Kaplan-Meier analysis showed worse survival in nursing home residents (log-rank of 7.12, p=0.008). CONCLUSIONS: Nursing home residents with heart failure showed higher one-year mortality which could be due to worse functional status, higher comorbidity, and cognitive deterioration.
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01-internacional
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MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Insuficiencia Cardíaca
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Aged
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Aged80
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Female
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Humans
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Male
País/Región como asunto:
Europa
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En
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Es
Revista:
Med Clin (Barc)
Año:
2024
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Article
País de afiliación:
España
Pais de publicación:
España