Prognosis of Short Survival in Patients With Advanced Dementia as Diagnosed by Aminoff Suffering Syndrome
Prognosis of Short Survival in Patients With Advanced Dementia as Diagnosed by Aminoff Suffering Syndrome
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DOI:
10.1177/1533317514539543
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发表时间:
2014-12-01
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3.4
通讯作者:
Aminoff, Bechor Zvi
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作者:
Aminoff, Bechor Zvi
On the first few days after admission to the Geriatric-Internal Medicine department, the suffering level of patients with advanced dementia (Mini-Mental State Examination 0 of 30) was evaluated according to the Mini-Suffering State Examination (MSSE). During hospitalization, 14.8% (27 of 183) of patients with advanced dementia were died with a mean survival rate of 19.86 +/- 26.9 days. The MSSE scale score of died patients was 7.56 +/- 1.71 during the first few days of admission which indicates high suffering levels. The MSSE scale score of survived patients with advanced dementia was 3.99 +/- 2.10 which confirms their low level of suffering. There was a significant difference (P < .001) between the groups. Patients with dementia who died and were diagnosed as having Aminoff suffering syndrome during the first few days of admission had a high suffering level and short-survival time.