Tuyển tập các báo cáo nghiên cứu về sinh học được đăng trên tạp chí hóa học quốc tế đề tài : Health-related Quality of Life among hospitalized older people awaiting residential aged care | BioMed Central Health and Quality of Life Outcomes Research Health-related Quality of Life among hospitalized older people awaiting residential aged care Lynne C Giles 1 Graeme Hawthorne2 and Maria Crotty1 Open Access Address Department of Rehabilitation and Aged Care Flinders University GPO Box 2100 Adelaide South Australia 5001 and 2Department of Psychiatry Faculty of Medicine Dentistry and Health Sciences The University of Melbourne Parkville Melbourne Victoria 3050 Australia Email Lynne C Giles - Graeme Hawthorne - graemeeh@ Maria Crotty - Corresponding author Published 26 July 2009 Received 26 February 2009 Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2009 7 71 doi 1477-7525-7-71 Accepted 26 July 2009 This article is available from http content 7 1 71 2009 Giles et al licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License http licenses by which permits unrestricted use distribution and reproduction in any medium provided the original work is properly cited. Abstract Background Health related quality of life HRQoL in very late life is not well understood. The aim of the present study was to assess HRQoL and health outcomes at four months follow-up in a group of older people awaiting transfer to residential aged care. Methods Secondary analysis of data from a randomized controlled trial conducted in three public hospitals in Adelaide. A total of 320 patients in hospital beds awaiting a residential aged care bed participated. Outcome measurements included HRQoL Assessment of Quality of Life AQoL functional level Modified Barthel Index hospital readmission rates survival and place of residence at four months follow-up. Results In this frail group the median AQoL was poor at baseline median 95 CI and at follow-up 95 CI - . On leaving hospital more than
