vulnerable elders survey-13 (VES-13)
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Clinical significance
- composite outcome of one or more medical complications
- aspiration pneumonia, respiratory failure) or death
- discharge destination (home, nursing home, death)
- length of stay
- hospital charges
- Covariates:
- Charlson Comorbidity Index (CCI)
- Injury Severity Score (ISS),
- sex
Procedure
- 13-item questionnaire
- age: 75-84 years (1 point) > 84 years 3 points
- self-rated health (fair to poor scores 1 point)
- activities of daily living (5 points)
- shopping, managing money, light housework, bathing, walking
- physical disability (up to 2 items or 2 points)
- stooping, crouching, or kneeling; walking one quarter of a mile; lifting 10 pounds; heavy housework; reaching above shoulder level; writing or grasping small objects
More general terms
References
- ↑ Min L, Ubhayakar N, Saliba D et al The vulnerable elders survey-13 predicts hospital complications and mortality in older adults with traumatic injury: a pilot study. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2011 Aug;59(8):1471-6. <PubMed> PMID: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21718276 Free PMC Article <Internet> http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3710109
- ↑ Fun WS MANAGEMENT UPDATE ON FUNCTIONAL DECLINE IN OLDER ADULTS 2012 SFP2012; 38(1) Supplement: 8-17 https://www.cfps.org.sg/publications/the-singapore-family-physician/article/82_pdf
- ↑ Rand Corporation Vulnerable Elders Survey (VES-13) https://www.rand.org/health-care/projects/acove/survey.html