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AI InsightIn addition, it was determined that the frequency of admission to the emergency service in the elderly with low education level and chronic disease was high, and the rate of hospitalization in another clinic of the hospital was high in the elderly who applied to the emergency department by ambulance, and the results were statistically significant (p
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Abstract
Objective: The study was conducted to determine the individual characteristics and reasons for admission of elderly patients who applied to the emergency department. Materials and Methods: The research was conducted in the form of face-to-face interviews with 123 patients over the age of 65 who applied 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 mostly because of their general condition disorder, 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 level and chronic disease was high, and the rate of hospitalization in another clinic of the hospital was high in the elderly who applied to the emergency department by ambulance, and the results were statistically significant (p
Özet
Amaç: Araştırma acil servise başvuran yaşlı hastaların bireysel özellikleri ve başvuru nedenleri belirlenmesi amacıyla yapıldı. Gereç ve Yöntem: 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