Educational disadvantage impairs functional recovery after hospitalization in older persons
- Chaudhry, Sarwat I.
- Friedkin, Rebecca J.
- Horwitz, Ralph I.
- Inouye, Sharon
DOIAbstract
PURPOSE: To determine whether low educational level is associated with poor functional recovery after hospitalization in older adults. METHODS: We followed 862 patients (374 with low education, defined as <high school) for 6 months after hospitalization. Poor functional recovery was defined as an Activities of Daily Living score that was lower 6 months after hospitalization than 1 month before hospitalization. People who died were also considered to have poor recovery. RESULTS: Of the 862 participants, 351 (41%) experienced poor functional recovery: 124 died and 227 had declines in activities of daily living. There was a graded, statistically significant relation between level of education and poor functional recovery, regardless of impairm...
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